Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglass (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (castlereagh By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81302, -8.35794
- SMR number
- RO021-029----
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
Towards the top of the W-facing slope of a hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 52m N-S; 51m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-4m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 1m) and slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2.2-3.6m; D 0.1m) NW-NNE and ENE-SSE with a slight scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere, except SSE-SSW where the perimeter merges into the hillslope. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a relict NNE-SSW field bank, now removed, bisected the monument. Archaeological testing (97E0315) c. 100m to the E, and monitoring in the vicinity, failed to produce any evidence of ancient activity (Dunne 1998).
See the attached aerial view taken from the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Dunne, L. 1998 Rathkineely. No archaeological significance. In Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 153, No. 457. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.