Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73752, -8.19216
- SMR number
- RO028-194001-
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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 a rise of a fairly level karst landscape c. 50m from the S bank of a W-E stream, and part of field system (RO028-194006-). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 29.7m NNE-SSW; 24.7m WNW-ESE) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 1-1.2m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m). It is truncated by a NNE-SSW field wall at W and W of this feature a rectangular quarry (dims 10m E-W; 9m N-S; D 0.7-1.3m) with the spoil mound around it on each side has removed or obscured the enclosure. There is no visible fosse, and there is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at NE. From the perimeter at E two walls (Wth 0.8m) curve NE to a house site (RO028-194004-) and a second house-site (RO028-194002-) abuts the perimeter of the rath and one of the curving walls at ESE. House site (RO028-194005-) is c. 80m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.