Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Eskerbaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eskerbaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45336, -8.08883
- SMR number
- RO048-108004-
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
At the W edge of a low-lying basin. This grass-covered cairn (diam. of base 8.3m; diam. of top 3.3m; H 0.6m at W to 1.5m at E) surmounted by a chestnut tree, a glacial erratic (RO048-108006-) and a second cairn (RO048-108007-), now removed and replaced by a statue of St Bridget, c. 10m W of the bath-house (RO048-108001-) were part of the pattern. A revived pattern is still held at the end of July. (Weld 1832, 514-8)
See the attached view of this cairn taken from the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Weld, I. 1832 Statistical survey of the county Roscommon. Dublin, Royal Dublin Society
Nearby in the register
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.