Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Rathmew, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmew
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68659, -8.35408
- SMR number
- RO034-039----
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
Just off the summit of a NW-SE ridge at its E end, with the stepped barrow (RO034-035001-) c. 320m to the WNW. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top 6m E-W; 5.5m N-S; diam. of base 8.2m E-W; 7.8m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3.8-4.3m; Wth of base 1.8-2m; D 0.3m) from traces of an outer bank (at N: Wth 3m; H 0.1m) which only survive N-NE and SE-S (max. ext. diam. 14m E-W; 13.6m E-W).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.