Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cloongowna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloongowna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43320, -8.00950
- SMR number
- RO049-008----
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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
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of a NNE-SSW esker ridge. Circular scrub-covered area (diam 10m NNE-SSW; 9.3m ENE-WSW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m at E to 3.5m at W; int. H 0.25m at E to 0.5m at W; ext. H 0.45m at E to 0.9m at E), with inner and outer facing stones visible NNW-ENE (original Wth 1.3-1.7m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. It is bisected by an intermittently visible NE-SW line of limestone boulders.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Industrial chimneyunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.