Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Mullymucks, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullymucks
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66905, -8.20054
- SMR number
- RO035-085----
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
Towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. Circular overgrown platform (diam. of top 9.3m E-W; diam. of base 13.5m E-W; H 0.3-0.4m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9.7m; Wth of base 3-3.2m; D 0.5-0.9m) and outer bank (Wth 5.3-6.4m; H 0.3-0.7m) which is incorporated into a field bank WSW-NNW. A NW-SE field bank truncates the bank and fosse at NW. There is no visible entrance (max. ext. diam. 31.5m E-W). Earthwork (RO035-084----) is c. 150m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.