Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Cloontogher, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloontogher
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Altar
- Coordinates
- 53.63122, -8.10626
- SMR number
- RO040-034003-
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
Inside the perimeter of rath (RO040-034001-) at N. Two flat-topped limestone boulders set side by side (dims 1.35m x 0.6m; H 0.6m) are within an oval enclosure (dims 9.5m NE-SW; 6.6m NW-SE) defined by large slabs (dims c. 0.6m x 0.2m; H 1.2m) set on end. A masonry pier (dims 1.35m x 0.95m; H 2m) containing a niche with a statue and a stoup, and a modern latin cross, are within the enclosure. (Fannon 1994; Ryan 1997, 228)
See the attached view of the mass-rock enclosure from the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Ryan, H. A. 1997 Aspects of Kilteevan history. In H. A. Ryan (ed.) Kilteevan: A look at a school and its parish. 220-34, Kilteevan. Kilteevan School Board of Management
Fannon, B. 1994 Legends and lore of my childhood. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. 5, 108-09.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.