Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballinturly (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinturly (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58927, -8.23458
- SMR number
- RO041-098002-
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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
Situated at the bottom of a N-facing slope and at the S edge of an E-W turlough. A castle (RO041-098001-) is located in the NW corner of a subrectagular grass-covered enclosure (dims 63.3m N-S; 45.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.7m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.1m at N to 0.7m at E) N-SW which is replaced by a drain (Wth c. 5m) SW-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 6m) at the centre of the S side.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.