Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Killiaghan And Gort, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killiaghan And Gort
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53271, -8.06376
- SMR number
- RO045-051002-
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 the shoulder of the S-facing slope of a broad hill. Described as a circular mound (diam. of top 4-4.5m) separated by a fosse from an outer bank (diam. 10.5m N-S; 10.5m E-W) (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Ring-barrow (RO045-051001-) is immediately to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.