Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Roxborough, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roxborough
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65287, -8.17704
- SMR number
- RO039-026----
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 a flat, low-lying landscape. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 56m E-W; 48m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and hedge at N (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) and W (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m), with a fosse or moat at W (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.4m) and S (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.2m; int. D 1.7m; ext. D 0.8m). The E side is defined by a scarp (H 0.7m) separated by a berm (Wth 3.5m) from a N-S field bank. There are modern entrances at W and at the W end of the S side.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.