Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyrickard Beg, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrickard Beg
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.99960, -7.81801
- SMR number
- OF042-023----
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
Located on a natural rise in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 35m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m) which has been reduced to a scarp at W with no evidence of an outer fosse. Large modern gap (Wth 12m) at SE probably represents widening of original entrance.
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
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.