Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Timanagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Timanagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71437, -8.38961
- SMR number
- RO034-115----
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
Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The Castles in Communities group recorded a possible moated site in 2017-18 which does not fit into the mapped fields in the vicinity. It is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims c. 70m ENE-WSW; c. 40m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 4m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H c. 0.7m) and an outer fosse (at S: Wth of top c. 3m; ext. D 0.1m) but the fosse is more substantial at N (Wth of top c. 4m; int. D c. 1m; ext. D c.0.7m). There are numerous breaks in the bank but an original entrance is not identified. (Brady et al. 2019, 44)
References
Brady, N., Cearley, D., Brody, R., and A. Bair 2019 Archaeological Excavation and Survey. Ballintober Castle and precinct, Ballintober, Co. Roscommon. Licences: 15E0232; 15R0051. 2018 season. Unpublished report. Castles in Communities: medieval Ireland Past and Present
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.