Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ceremonial enclosure
Manor,rathmore (roscommon By., Killukin Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Manor,rathmore (roscommon By., Killukin Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not ineicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74328, -8.24321
- SMR number
- RO028-148002-
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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
At the summit of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (dims. c. 180m NW-SE; c. 160m NE-SW) defined by a broad earthen bank (at E: Wth 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.1m; at NE: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m; at W: Wth c. 9m; H 0.1m), which is quarried at SE but survives best (Wth 9.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) for a short section (L c. 5m) at SE. There are entrances at E (Wth 15m), and N (Wth 15m). Barrow (RO028-148001-) is inside the perimeter at SE, bowl barrow (RO028-153----) is c. 150m to the S, and rath (RO028-152----) is c. 100m outside the perimeter at SE. (Herity 1983, 129)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.