Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballytoohey, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballytoohey
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73691, -7.92690
- SMR number
- RO030-012----
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
Marked as a rectangular feature (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but known locally as a fort. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope, c. 300m from the River Shannon to the S, and described as an arc of an overgrown earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.