Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyhide, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhide
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81901, -6.96468
- SMR number
- LA037-006----
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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 gently undulating countryside. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map: a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m N-S). No visible surface remains.
Aerial photograph (GB89.Y.08) taken by Dr. G. Barrett on the 15th of July shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse.
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/revision: 05 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.