Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sundial
Ballagharahin, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagharahin
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballagh Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.84037, -7.66774
- SMR number
- LA033-002002-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There was a sundial on ten steps of the stairs in Ballagh Castle (LA033-002001-), descreasing in size as one descended the stairs. They were semi circles (JRSAI 1867, 4-5). There are no visible surface remains.
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
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.