Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballynakill Big, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill Big
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.37771, -7.57746
- SMR number
- OF002-022----
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
No surface remains visible. The 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map appears to depict either a sunken area enclosed by a fosse or a mound enclosed by a fosse. It is not clear if this is an archaeological feature or a natural feature such as a small pond or quarry. No feature is depicted at this location on the revised 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded in 1977 as, 'Completely levelled. The site is marked as a low gentle rise in well drained pasture land. This was probably a ringfort. There are moderate views to north & west & restricted views in other directions' (SMR File 1977).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 19 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.