Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinvilla, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvilla
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91609, -8.17575
- SMR number
- RO010-067----
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
At the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.5m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (at SW: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.25m) which is best preserved at N (Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.35m). There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth c. 1.5m) is at NE. Rath (RO010-068----) is c. 50m to the E.
See the attached aerial view taken from the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.