Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyheashill, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyheashill
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.37215, -7.14692
- SMR number
- OF004-014----
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
Very large enclosure (c. 250m E-W) almost circular and defined by a wide shallow fosse (max. W 11m, max. D 1m) at E and S and by a much smaller one elsewhere. N portion of site appears to be ploughed out. Smaller enclosure (c. 45m E-W) in E sector of site. Site maybe of ecclesiastical nature. Aerial photos (GSI N490/1, N483/2).
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.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Earthwork1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.