Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Oran, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oran
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67243, -8.34472
- SMR number
- RO034-082002-
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 bottom of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a NW-SE ridge. There is what appears to be a hollow way (L c. 100m) running NE from the NE corner of the moated site (RO034-083----) towards the church of Oran (RO034-080001-) visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP AVH 72) from c. 1973. It is not visible now at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.