Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Ardgallagher, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardgallagher
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87044, -8.03664
- SMR number
- RO017-106----
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 the fairly steep N-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 70m E-W; 62m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.9m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge E-S, and by a scarp (H 1.2m) and hedge elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.