Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61634, -8.23299
- SMR number
- RO039-067----
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 top of a hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 80.4m N-S; 79.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.9-3.4m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.4-1.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.4-3.7m; Wth of base 1-1.5m; D 0.2-0.45m). There are entrances at WNW (Wth 3.7m) and NNE (Wth 2m).
See the attached aerial image taken from the W
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field system1 mi
- House - indeterminate date1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.