Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballyroan (cullenagh By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyroan (cullenagh By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.94109, -7.31995
- SMR number
- LA024-019----
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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 gently undulating countryside. A rectangular area (dims. c. 30m E-W 30m, 19m N-S) enclosed by an inner bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H c. 0.5m, ext. H c. 0.9m), intervening fosse (Wth c. 4m) and outer bank (Wth c. 4.8m) at W and N. Possible original entrance at E. There is a square enclosure (LA024-093----) c. 680m to the SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revised upload: 9 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.