Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenballythomas
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78927, -8.29987
- SMR number
- RO022-057048-
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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 low E-W ridge on the floor of a NW-SE valley at the bottom of the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 38m E-W; 25.3m N-S) defined by traces of a fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.2-0.5m) W-N, and a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) N-E. It is truncated by an E-W field bank at S and does not survive visibly S of this feature. It is also bisected by a N-S relict field bank. Archaeological testing (03E1850) immediately to the NE during 2003 failed to produce any related material (Read 2006e).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Read, C. 2006e Manor (sic): no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 425, No. 1586. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Pitfieldunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.