Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Creeve (ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeve (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67960, -8.33869
- SMR number
- RO034-066002-
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
At the crest of the N-facing slope of a rise that forms the SE summit of a broad NW-SE ridge. Described as a rectangular platform (dims of top c. 9m NE-SW; c. 6m NW-SE; H c. 1.5m) separated by a fosse from an outer bank which only survived at NW (Knox 1918a, 161, Pl. VIII, E). It is now a D-shaped, flat-topped and grass-covered mound which has been damaged at W (dims of base 9.5m NNE-SSW; 8m WNW-ESE; dims of top 6.3m NNE-SSW; 4.6m WNW-ESE; H 0.8-1m). There is no evidence of a fosse or outer bank but a WNW-ESE field bank is immediately to the N. Ring-barrow (RO034-066001-) is c. 25m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Knox, H.T. 1918a Cruachan Ai Roads and avenues. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 48, 157-63.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.