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Mound

Warren, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Warren, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Warren
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicatd
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.53718, -7.98887
SMR number
RO046-004032-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The windmill (RO046-004006-) is built on a mound with stone revetting (diam. of base 17.55m N-S; diam. of top 13.25m N-S; H 2.8m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m), and an outer bank (Wth c. 4-5m; ext. H 0.2m), which has been removed NW-ENE. A stone-lined causeway Wth 3.3-3.65m) crosses the fosse at ENE. It could be a bowl barrow. (Claffey 1980; 2004b; Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 67)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1988a Urban archaeological survey - county Roscommon. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Claffey, J.A. 1980 Rindoon windmill tower. In H. Murtagh (ed.) Irish Midland Studies: essays in commemoration of N. W. English, 84-8. Old Athlone Society.

Claffey, J.A. 2004b Rindoon windmill tower. The Rindoon Journal 1, 161-9.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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