Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygaddy (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygaddy (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.04037, -7.80208
- SMR number
- OF039-032----
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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
Circular area (diam 32m N-S) enclosed by a slight earthen bank (ext. H 2m) which has been reduced in places to a scarp with an outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.3m) best preserved from NW through N to E and causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at SSE. Possible remains of an outer bank at NW only.
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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - table tombunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.