Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballaghabawbeg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghabawbeg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74741, -8.29757
- SMR number
- RO028-119001-
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 crest of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 49.8m E-W; 48.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-7.5m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 2-2.9m) and flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-11m; Wth of base 2.8-4.4m; D 0.2-0.6m). The altered entrance and stone-lined causeway (Wth 2.5m) are at E (max. ext. diam. 71m E-W; 67m N-S). There is a small grass-covered cairn (RO028-119002-) (diam. 4m; H 0.3-0.7m), probably a clearance cairn, NW of the centre, and rath (RO028-118----) is immediately to the N while rath (RO028-120----) is c. 80m to the SE.
See the attached aerial images from the NW (002), ENE (003) and from the NNE (010).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.