Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballyshancarragh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshancarragh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68541, -6.70173
- SMR number
- CW018-023----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 13m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on satellite imagery (Digitalglobe, viewed 7 December 2021). A similarly sized enclosure (CW018-022----) appears to underlie the SW sector. A larger enclosure (CW018-071----) is also visible as a cropmark c. 40m to the SW.
See attached:
CW018-023----_01 satellite imagery (Digitalglobe, viewed 7 December 2021)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.