Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Ballyformoyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyformoyle
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02095, -8.14218
- SMR number
- RO004-052001-
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
On a low rise towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of Ballyformoyle Hill. A sunken, overgrown area (int. dims 2.2m NE-SW; 1.7m NW-SE; D 0.6m) defined by a large sandstone slab at SE and parallel limestone slabs at the NE and SW sides. It was investigated in the early 19th-century when it was thought to have rock-art (RO004-052002-) (D'Alton 1845, 115-6), of which there is no evidence, and it now includes drystone walling at the NW end.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.