Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyglass (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (castlereagh By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81007, -8.35597
- SMR number
- RO021-102001-
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 gentle S-facing slope of a hill. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 32m NNE-SSW; 25m WNW-ESE) defined by a slight bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.3m) at N and by slight fosses or silted drains (Wth 2-2.5m) at E and W and a scarp (H 0.4m) at S. There is no identifiable original entrance. Enclosure (RO021-102002-) is c. 90m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 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.