Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Carrownalassan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownalassan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71383, -8.22021
- SMR number
- RO035-116----
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
At the crest of a S-facing slope. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 44.1m N-S; 41.6m E-W) defined by flat-topped earthen banks (Wth of base 3-3.6m; Wth of top 0.9-1.1m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 1m at E to 1.7m at W), and fosses or moats which are partly or wholely filled in on all sides except the W (Wth of top 3.2m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.7m). There are numerous gaps in the bank, but an original entrance cannot be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.