Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenballythomas
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79576, -8.30684
- SMR number
- RO022-057091-
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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 the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan, NW of the concentric enclosure of Relig an Ri (RO022-057035-) and within settlement cluster (RO022-057092-). An area of c. 2.5 ha contains small fields (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) and at least six houses defined by low earthen banks (Wth c. 2-3m; H up to 0.5m) and shallow silted ditches (Wth c. 1m). The most southerly house site (ext. dims c. 20m E-W; c. 8m N-S) is defined by low earthen banks (Wth c. 1m) has two rooms and doorways in the long walls of the larger room. House (RO022-057090-) is c. 140m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.