Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Ballinvally,gorteen (geashill By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvally,gorteen (geashill By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20840, -7.47651
- SMR number
- OF025-015002-
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
Described by Stanley in the nieneteenth century as 'Midway between Killeigh and the river are patches of the 'double ditch' a fosse carried across terra firma, from a great bog which enters the Iregan dominions on one side. The work is not half a mile in length' (Stanley 1871-3, 81).
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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.