What is recorded here

Indicated is a ring-barrow at the top of a south-facing slope in County Roscommon, Ireland. Its grass-covered platform measures about 6.4m east-west and 5.9m north-south, bounded by a rounded fosse and a thin outer bank now broken on the north side. Other barrows and a rath scatter within two hundred metres, suggesting the hilltop once belonged to a crowded landscape of memory and marker. People may have walked this ridge to honour the dead, watch the sky or claim the land, while time erased most of the reason and left only a shallow circle in the grass.

At the top of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top 6.4m E-W; 5.9m N-S; diam. of base 12.4m N-S; 12.2m E-W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.9-8.3m; Wth of base 2.4-4.3m; int. D 0.2-0.4m; ext. D 0.35-0.8m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.9-3m; H 0.3-0.5m) which has been removed N-NNE (max. ext. diam. 25.75m E-W; 22.6m N-S). Ring-barrow (RO039-014002-) is c. 10m to the S, and rath (RO039-015----) is c. 50m to the S. Barrow (RO039-085001-) is c. 120m to the W and barrow (RO039-016----) is c. 190m to the SE. (Knox 1914b, 352) See the attached image taken from the E Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.