Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballyphilip, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyphilip
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.99751, -7.75589
- SMR number
- OF043-040003-
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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
On top of high ground in upland area with two tumuli (OF043-040001/002-) nearby to the NNW and NW respectively. Low circular area (diam. 9.5m) enclosed by a shallow inner fosse (Wth 3m) with slight evidence of a much degraded external bank which is destroyed by a field boundary which intersects the site at S. The ring-barrow is poorly preserved and only visible under suitable conditions. One of a group of three burial sites.
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
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.