Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tonlegee (ballintober South By., Cams Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonlegee (ballintober South By., Cams Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68122, -8.23753
- SMR number
- RO035-110002-
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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
In a low-lying landscape at the bottom of a N-facing slope. Rectangular grass-covered area (int. dims 22m E-W; 17.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4-2.7m; H 0.2-0.6m), with internal and external facing-stones on the W and N sides, and an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at the E end of the S side. It is at the centre of the large enclosure (RO035-110001-) and there is a grass-covered rectangular cairn (RO035-110003-) at its centre, which might be a clearance cairn or the remains of a house.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 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.