What is recorded here
Situated on a rise, in pasture, with good views to S. Depicted on the OS Fair Plan map as a small rectangular-shaped tree-planted enclosure. Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork which is truncated across the N sector by a field boundary running E-W. Monument described as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 30m) enclosed by a low broad bank which is almost completely levelled. There is a shallow fosse from SSE-S-SSW. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre. Levelled monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM036-001
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sgbrito at Portuguese Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sheila1988, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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farm house995 yd
Killomenaghan BridgeBridge · 1746 ydTullymagawlyBawn · 1.6 mi
European ash2.3 miMoydrum Castle WoodlandForest · 3.1 miLong IslandIsland · 3.8 miExplorer Tom Long Island in County Roscommon got so long because the Vikings kept adding bits of land to it every time they got lost looking for it. It’s an island that thinks it’s a peninsula, but the water has other ideas about where it ends. Stand back, squint, and it looks like a castle.
CastleCastle, unclassified · 5.2 mi
Athlone CastleMuseum · 5.3 mi
Historic Town - Athlone Castle & Church of St Peter and PaulVisitor information · 5.3 mi
Luan GalleryGallery · 5.3 mi
Rock art in ClonfinloughRock art · 6.7 miExplorer Tom Rock art in Clonfinlough claims to be older than your granddad’s bad haircut, and I believe it. It’s got holes from water and lines from fancy humans. Perfect spot to practise your best tour-guide voice.
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