Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Creevelea, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevelea
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72305, -8.29301
- SMR number
- RO028-198----
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
Marked as a D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W) with straight E and S sides and abutting a stream or drain on the W side on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It has an internal circular feature (diam. c. 20m). Situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.