Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killeen (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.02470, -7.80963
- SMR number
- OF039-048----
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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. Gate pier of 19th-century date located where ringfort is marked on OS 6-inch map. Depicted as large circular enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Gate pier may belong to folly which was located in the centre of the destroyed enclosure.
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 - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.