Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballykealy, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykealy
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.16437, -7.82497
- SMR number
- OF030-009----
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
Situated on the E facing slope of a natural rise in undulating countryside. Raised circular area (diam 44m E-W ) enclosed by a gently sloping earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m; Wth 2m) with no evidence of an outer fosse. Possible entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SW.
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatland1 mi
- Structure - peatland1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.