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Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Glenballythomas
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.79795, -8.31159
SMR number
RO022-057025-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 Rathcroghan plateau. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of base 12.7m N-S; diam. of top 8.3m N-S; H 0.2m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.6-6.2m; D 0.4m) and outer bank (Wth 3.5-3.7m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m), which is missing W-NW and which has a stone-marked entrance (Wth 1.5m) at NE (max. ext. diam. 23.4m N-S). Earthwork (RO022-057028-) is c. 120m to the SE. (Knox 1914a, 35 Ring No. 2; Herity 1983, 132; 1984, 113, Glenballythomas 15; Waddell 1983, 33, No. 22; 1988, 10)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Waddell, J. 1988 Rathcroghan in Connacht. Emania 5, 5-18.

Waddell, J. 1983 Rathcroghan - a royal site in Connaught. Journal of Irish Archaeology 1, 21-46.

Herity, M. 1984 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 2. Prehistoric monuments. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 114, 125-35.

Herity, M. 1983 A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connacht, 1. Introduction, the monuments and topography. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 121-42.

Knox, H.T. 1914 Ruins of Cruachain Ai. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 1-50.

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