Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballylennan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylennan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.06697, -8.83637
- SMR number
- GA122-014----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gently undulating farmland. Circular ringfort (diam. c. 45m), in fair condition, defined by two
banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is composed of earth while the outer bank is constructed mainly of stone. A field wall cuts through the monument at NW and SE. A gap in
the inner bank at N appears to be modern. The landowner indicated that he blocked up the entrance to a possible souterrain (GA122-014001-) in SW quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 25 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.