What is recorded here

Earthwork in Hawksford is an earthwork in Hawksford, County Roscommon, Ireland. The trapezoidal grass-covered mound sits on the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge and measures 13.5 metres east-west, widening from 5.5 to 9.5 metres north-south while rising 0.3 to 1.1 metres high. Quarries mark its perimeter, and a Rath and man-made underground passage lie seventy metres to the southeast. The 1915 Ordnance Survey map shows it only as a circular feature about ten metres across.

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c . 10m), and situated on the crest of a NW-SE ridge. This is a trapezoidal grass-covered earth and stone mound (dims 13.5m E-W; 5.5m N-S at W to 9.5m N-S at E; H 0.3m at E to 1.1m at W) with quarries on the perimeter. Rath (RO008C010001-) and Man-made underground passage (RO008C010002-) are c. 70m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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