Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Ballinvally, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvally
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75386, -7.11999
- SMR number
- ME009-059002-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a broad plateau at the N foothills of Slieve na Calliagh ridge. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 27m N-S) with four large upright stones (dims 1.5-2m; x 0.4-0.9m; H c. 2m) on the perimeter and several smaller ones. There is an additional recumbent stone (dims 2.2m x 0.2-0.5m; H 0.3m) at NW. An electrical resistance survey (10R0093) by L. McCormack (2010) of four small areas (dims c. 20m x c. 20m) partly over the stone circle and the ground to the W produced some high values suggesting the possible presence of cists or buried stones.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revisions: 1 November 2018, 13 October 2025
References
McCormack, L. 2010 A geophysical survey in the Ballinvally stone circle. Licence: 10R0093. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Cursusunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.