Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pitfield
Ballaghabawbeg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghabawbeg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74791, -8.29183
- SMR number
- RO028-116004-
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 the N-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. An area of about 40 acres (c. 17 ha) once contained pits (dims c. 7m x 3.5m to c. 12m x 4m; D c. 0.5m) placed c. 10m apart in 5 or 6 lines aligned E-W on the contours of a NE-facing slope (OSAP: 4200). This area is now reduced to about 15 acres (c. 6 ha).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.