What is recorded here
Mound in Elphin is a mound in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appeared as a thirty-metre circular feature only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map and was later described as a thirty-two-metre platform defined by a fosse. The mound has been levelled during the restoration of the windmill.
Depicted as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a platform (diam. c. 32m) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972). The mound has been levelled in the restoration of the windmill (RO016-102002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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