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Barrow - ring-barrow

Carrownabrickna, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Carrownabrickna, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrownabrickna
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.64892, -8.21532
SMR number
RO039-014001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the top of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top 6.4m E-W; 5.9m N-S; diam. of base 12.4m N-S; 12.2m E-W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.9-8.3m; Wth of base 2.4-4.3m; int. D 0.2-0.4m; ext. D 0.35-0.8m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.9-3m; H 0.3-0.5m) which has been removed N-NNE (max. ext. diam. 25.75m E-W; 22.6m N-S). Ring-barrow (RO039-014002-) is c. 10m to the S, and rath (RO039-015----) is c. 50m to the S. Barrow (RO039-085001-) is c. 120m to the W and barrow (RO039-016----) is c. 190m to the SE. (Knox 1914b, 352)

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Knox, H.T. 1914b Dumha Brosna. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 348-57.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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