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Ceremonial enclosure

Manor,Rathmore (Roscommon By., Killukin ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ceremonial enclosure, Manor, Rathmore, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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