Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Rathmore (roscommon By., Killukin Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (roscommon By., Killukin Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tumulus
- Coordinates
- 53.74529, -8.25040
- SMR number
- RO028-142----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered and flat-topped mound (diam. of base 19.6m E-W; 19.5m N-S; diam. of top 12m N-S; 7.7m E-W; H 1.6-1.75m) with the remnants of a N-S field bank (Wth 2.4m; H 0.25m) on the summit. The base is slightly truncated by an E-W road wall at N. Rath (RO028-141----) is c. 35m to the WNW on the other side of an ENE-WSW road.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.