Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorraun (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorraun (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.99514, -7.74160
- SMR number
- OF043-045002-
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
Site inaccessible at time of visit due to dense vegetation, located on the E facing slope of rising ground. Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as small circular enclosure with large enclosure (OF043-045001-) immediately to the W.
Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18 May 1977.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.