Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pitfield
Newtown (ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69585, -8.34809
- SMR number
- RO034-101001-
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
On a gentle NE-facing slope. An area of about 40 acres (c. 17 ha) contains pits (dims c. 8m x c. 3m; D 0.5m) placed c. 10m apart in N-S or E-W rows which are placed c. 30m apart. Standing stone (RO-034-101002-) is at the centre.
See the attached aerial view taken from the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.