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Carns, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Carns
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75392, -8.25488
SMR number
RO028-075001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope at the E end of the Carnfree ridge, and just W of the church (RO028-075005-). This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 13.8m WNW-ESE; 7m NNE-SSW) which was defined by stone walls (Wth c. 1m; H 0.5m) with entrances at the centre of the N (Wth 1.2m) and S (Wth 1.7m) walls which on excavation (06E0655) is identified as a possible priest's house (Shanahan 2006, 6-9; 2009a, 455-6). The church (RO028-075005-), is immediately to the E but the priest's house is within a rectangular enclosure (RO028-075002-).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13th September, 2010.

References

Shanahan, B. 2009a Carns. Church site, deserted settlement and field system, possibly prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 455-6, No. 1715. Dublin. Wordwell.

Shanahan, B. 2006 Recent research in Roscommon by the Discovery Programme's Medieval Rural Settlement Project. Bullitin of the Group for the Study of Historic Irish Settlement, No. 11, 1-9.

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