Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ballybeg (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77265, -8.27733
- SMR number
- RO028-016011-
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 an E-facing slope c. 100m W of souterrain (RO028-016004-). Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 7.4m E-W; 6.6m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.8m) with a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.3m) at NE. Archaeological testing (09E0559) c. 140m to the S and on an access road (L c. 350m) produced no related material (Byrne 2012).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 4 August 2015
References
Byrne, M. E. 2012c Ballybeg. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 180-1, No. 690. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.