Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Killiaghan And Gort, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killiaghan And Gort
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52985, -8.06691
- SMR number
- RO045-100----
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
Marked as a small circular feature (diam. c. 5m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Described as a subcircular area (dims 8.5m E-W; 7.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is not visible now at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO045-0101001-) is c. 120m to the NE.
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 Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.