Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyfoyle, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfoyle
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91840, -6.95414
- SMR number
- LA026-014003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
Cropmark of enclosure appears on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BGN 56-7). Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse; a conjoined ring-ditch (LA026-014001-) located on the north-western side of the enclosure is visible on the OSI orthophotos for 1995 and 2005 (Dr. G. Barrett 1991).
The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 02 December 2010.
Date of upload: 19 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.