Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballyboy (ballyboy By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboy (ballyboy By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.17523, -7.69699
- SMR number
- OF031-015001-
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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
Not visible at ground level. Described in the Down Survey as 'a castle on a mount' (Loeber 1988, 26-30). (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 93)
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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Loeber, R. 1988 Field notes and references for Co. Offaly Sites. Vol. I-V. Unpublished.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.