Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Moore South, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moore South
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33201, -8.07774
- SMR number
- RO054-024003-
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
On a gentle S-facing slope. The church of Moore (RO054-024001-) is situated towards the S edge of a large circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. 103m E-W; 96.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m), which is best preserved NNW-NE (Wth 6.8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.8m) but missing E-S. An outer fosse survives NNW-NNE (Wth of top 8.8m; Wth of base 2.3m; D 0.5m) and SSW-WNW (Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 1.1m; D 0.3m). The interior has a number of radial banks (Wth 4m; H 0.4-0.6m), but a D-shaped graveyard (RO054-024002-) is confined to the area N of a WNW-ESE public road which bisects the enclosure.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.