What is recorded here

Indicated is an enclosure, large enclosure in Ardnagowna,carrownurlar (roscommon By. ), County Roscommon, Ireland. Gannon (1972) described a semicircular area 77m wide with a gapped earthen bank, northern field wall and 2m eastern causeway entrance. The 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps marked a D-shaped enclosure about 80m by 50m on a slight east-facing slope. The earthwork is no longer visible in pasture, although a fosse remains on 2005 satellite images.

Marked as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 50m N-S) truncated at N by an E-W field bank and townland boundary with Ardnagowna on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight E-facing slope. Described as a semicircular area (diam. 77m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank E-S-W and an E-W field wall at N, with a causeway entrance (Wth 2m) at E (Gannon 1972). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture, although a fosse is visible on OSI images (2005). Rath (RO016-133----) is c. 200m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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