Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Newtown (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76907, -8.09952
- SMR number
- RO029-023----
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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 an irregularly-shaped enclosure (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) which may be a quarry on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval wooded enclosure (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1915 ed. Situated at the crest of the S edge of a low WNW-ESE ridge, no feature is 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.