Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballybackagh (clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybackagh (clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33527, -8.80460
- SMR number
- GA084-138----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture. This ring-barrow is defined by a roughly circular central mound (17m ESE-WNW; 15m NNE-SSW), which is surrounded by a well-preserved fosse (Wth 2.4-2.7m; D 0.7-0.8m) and a substantial bank (Wth 6.55-7.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) of earth and stone. A causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) cuts through bank and across fosse (Wth 6m) at ESE. A NNW-SSE running trackway (Wth 2.7m) truncates the edge of outer bank at W. A shallow circular depression (diam. c. 11m) is visible within the interior to the W.
The following images, courtesy of M. O'Leary, have been uploaded:
GA084-138----_01.jpg
GA084-138-----02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.