Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyglass (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73513, -8.20988
- SMR number
- RO028-190001-
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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
Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP: 3/0144), and situated at the crest of a NE-facing slope and at the SE end of roadway (RO028-189003-). Subcircular grass-covered area (int. diam. 51m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.6m; H 0.2m-0.55m). There is no visible entrance, but a house site (RO028-190002-) (int. dims. 8.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.75m; H 0.3-0.5m) is at the centre, with a second possible house site (RO028-190003-) (int. dims. 18m ENE-WSW; 6m NNW-SSE) just to its E. The perimeter SE-SW forms the N side of a roadway (RO028-189003-), and rath (RO028-189001-) is c. 20m to the NW.
See the attached aerial view taken from the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.