Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Causeway
Barry More, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barry More
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48315, -7.97579
- SMR number
- RO049-002002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 on the 1837 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch map as a rather large island (RO049-002001-) attached to the mainland by a strip of land (L c. 100m). The causeway is flat-topped with limestone exposed at the sides. There is no evidence that it is ancient.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackway2 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneous2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.