Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - pond barrow
Kilmass, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmass
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52584, -8.15220
- SMR number
- RO045-254----
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
Situated on a rise on a slight W-facing slope. This enclosure is not depicted on any map but is visible on Google Earth (16/03/2011) and was first reported by Rob O’Hara. It is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 22.5m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by a wide earthen bank (Wth of base 10-13m; int. H 0.2-0.3m normally to 0.8m at N; ext. H 0.2m at E to 0.5-0.8m normally). There is no identifiable entrance. The standing stone (RO045-068----) is c. 180m to the SW.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (01/03/2010)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 February 2020
Amended: 8 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.