Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Shanballybaun, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanballybaun
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99547, -8.10611
- SMR number
- RO007-009----
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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
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the lower W-facing slope of a drumlin c. 50m from the NE shore of Shanballybaun Lough, an oval lake (max. dims c. 550m NE-SW; c. 350m NW-SE) which has one crannog (RO007-041----). Circular overgrown area (diam. 19-20m) in mixed woodland defined by a low scarp (H 0.2-0.6m) N-W. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.