2022:492 - Rathcroghan, Roscommon

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Roscommon Site name: Rathcroghan

Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO022-057010 etc Licence number: E005432

Author: Dave Pollock

Site type: Ritual landscape, vicinity of mound etc

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 580070m, N 783890m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.804170, -8.302560

A post and wire fence passing Rathcroghan, at the N5 roadside, was replaced under archaeological supervision in 2022. A good deal of the replacement was in a post-medieval stone quarry. No features or finds of archaeological interest were encountered.

Archaeografix, Knockrower Road, Stradbally, Co. Waterford. X42PA48