Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
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
- 52.91514, -6.94238
- SMR number
- LA026-059----
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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
Located in a relatively level location (c. 56m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming, and c. 480 W of the course of the River Barrow. Located towards the SE corner of a large field in use for tillage purposes at the time of identification (Google Earth August 2022). This field also contains an cropmark enclosure (LA026-037----) and a cropmark field system (LA026-037001-), identified from aerial photographs taken in 1989, which are located c. 310m to the NW and c. 394m to the WNW respectively. This cropmark ring-ditch is clearly visible on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (August 2022). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 11.8m N-S x c. 11.04m E-W) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 1.32m) that can be traced along the entire circuit in the above aerial photograph. No evidence for an entrance gap.
Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Uploaded on: 13/06/2023
See attached:
LA026-059----_01 Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022)
LA026-059----_02 inset of Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022)
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.