Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Carns, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carns
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75406, -8.25553
- SMR number
- RO028-075014-
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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 c. 60m WNW of the church (RO028-075005-). Excavation (06E0655) during 2007 of a mound showed that it is a large structure (dims c. 10m N-S; 8m plus E-W) defined by drystone walls that may have supported sill-beams, with an entrance at S. The area was divided into a number of compartments, and the small finds would suggest that it may have been in use in the 10th to 12th century (Shanahan 2009a).
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 15th 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.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.