Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballykean, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykean
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- ODempseys Ring
- Coordinates
- 53.21818, -7.28510
- SMR number
- OF026-014----
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
Known locally as 'O'Dempsey's Ring' this is a ring-barrow with low circular mound (diam. 7m) enclosed by inner fosse (Wth 2.5m) with external bank (Wth 2m) with evidence of stone kerbing in the construction of the bank. The overall diameter of the site measures 18m N-S.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1957).
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.