Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballinderry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinderry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70712, -8.17105
- SMR number
- RO035-106001-
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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
At the W edge of a shallow basin (diam. c. 1km). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 40m ENE-WSW; 26.2m NNW-SSE) defined by gapped earthen banks (Wth 1.7-3.2m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-1m) at S, W and N with a curved bank at E. There is a slight outer fosse (Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.1-0.2m), but no recognisable original entrance. There is a house platform (RO035-106002-) (dims 12m E-W; 5.3m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) c. 25m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.