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
- 53.70164, -8.21568
- SMR number
- RO035-037----
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 W-facing slope of a broad WNW-ESE ridge. Described in 1965 as a circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse (Wth of base c. 2m) and an outer bank (Wth c. 1.5m; int. H c. 0.9m; ext. H c. 0.4m) (SMR file), it is no longer visible in improved pasture. Ring-barrow (RO035-036----) is c. 150m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
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.