Earthwork

The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a D-shaped feature planted with trees (dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) truncated by a NE-SW field boundary at NW on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) N of a NE-SW field boundary on the 1915 ed. Situated at the crest of a slight SE-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in an area partly occupied by a football pitch, but archaeological testing (02E0753) in the vicinity failed to produce any related material (Read 2004m). A geophysical survey (14R0120) on the area of the pitch to the NE produced no definitive indications of activity apart from a possible path (Leigh 2014), and archaeological testing (14E0442) confirmed this as a mix of stones and gravel but produced no other evidence of archaeological features (Byrne 2014). Rath (RO048-043----) is c. 140m to the W and earthwork (RO048-042----) is c. 80m to the N. See: excavations.ie 2014:252.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Amended: 5 February 2020

References

Read, C. 2004m Carrowmurragh: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 452, No. 1591. Bray. Wordwell.

Leigh, J. M. 2014 Geophysical survey Report: St Brigid’s GAA, Carrowmurragh; Kiltoom, County Roscommon. Licence No. 14R0120. Unpublished report, J.M. Leigh surveys

Byrne, M. 2014 Archaeological Impact Assessment Report of a proposed playing pitch at Carrowmurragh, Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon. Licence No. 14E0442. Unpublished report, Byrne, Mullens & Associates