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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77427, -8.09330
- SMR number
- RO029-026----
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 circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) which may have been a quarry only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low-lying level landscape. It is not visible at ground level, and is replaced by a small pond. Rath (RO028-028----) is c. 160m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Mausoleumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.