Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballydooley, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydooley
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66727, -8.33547
- SMR number
- RO034-090----
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 an oval enclosure (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle NW-facing slope with an extensive quarry immediately to the S. This is an irregularly-shaped, grass-covered area (dims 28m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.8m) which has been quarried back SSW-N-ENE and at E. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO034-089----) is c. 180m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.