Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Kinitty, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kinitty
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70313, -8.21484
- SMR number
- RO035-036----
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 the NW-facing slope of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Described as a low circular flat-topped mound defined by a fosse and an outer bank (Gannon 1972), it is no longer visible in improved pasture. Ring-barrow (RO035-037----) is c. 150m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.