Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Killeen (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.01791, -7.80621
- SMR number
- OF039-049----
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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
Located on flat pasture land in upland area. Circular area (diam 35m E-W) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m, ext. D 1m) with entrance gap (Wth 3m) at E. Field fence intersects site from NW through N to NE destroying fosse and scarp.
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
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.