Discover Alone, back to main map

Hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore

Hillfort
Hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore is a hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area sits at the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill, measuring roughly 200m east-west and 150m north-south. An earthen bank and low scarp define its perimeter, while a bowl barrow and two ring-barrow sites occupy positions inside or along that line. A public road cuts through the enclosure west of the bowl barrow, and field banks overlay the ground to the northeast and southwest.
At the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 200m E-W; c. 150m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth c. 6m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-NW and a low scarp (H 0.2m) NW-E. Bowl barrow (RO027-014002-) is inside the perimeter at NW, ring-barrow (RO027-014003-) is on the line of the perimeter at SSE, and ring-barrow (RO027-014004-) is inside the line of the perimeter at SE. The road (RO027-014005-) approaches the perimeter externally at SE. The enclosure is cut by a NE-SW public road W of the bowl barrow, and overlain by NW-SE field banks to NE and SW of this barrow. Rathra ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-) is c. 600m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed