Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Garryduff (clanmallagh By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryduff (clanmallagh By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.89631, -7.53580
- SMR number
- LA028-011----
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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
Situated in a low-lying area. A subrectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 51m N-S; c. 42m E-W) defined by an inner bank (int. H c. 0.3m), an intervening fosse (Wth c. 2.6m, D c. 0.8m) with possible outer bank at NW. Entrance with causeway at N.
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 upload: 17 December 2007
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1977).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.