Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Grange (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50178, -8.16723
- SMR number
- RO044-076----
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 rise in a fold with slightly higher ground to the NW and E. Described as a low mound (diam. c. 13m) surrounded by a slight fosse and outer bank (Gannon 1972). It is now a circular scrub-covered platform (diam. 19.2m N-S; 18.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4-4.5m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.55-1.35m) with no visible fosse. The perimeter is slightly truncated by a N-S road bank at E (max. ext. diam. 25m N-S). Ring-barrow (RO044-077----) is c. 195m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.