Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyhammon,carrownaskeagh ((roscommon By., Killavackan Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhammon,carrownaskeagh ((roscommon By., Killavackan Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75541, -8.09843
- SMR number
- RO029-073----
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 a slight W-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 28m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) and outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 3.6m; Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.5m) which are incorporated into a field bank and townland boundary with Carrownaskeagh (at S: Wth 3.1m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.4m) and external drain (at S: Wth of base 1.3m; D 0.9m) ESE-WSW. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.