Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballymurray (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymurray (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59166, -8.11665
- SMR number
- RO042-008----
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 NNE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 28.4m WNW-ESE; 27.2m NNE-SSW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread with some bushes (at SW: Wth 8.9m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) with internal and external facing-stones visible at NNE (original Wth 1.7m). There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Meeting-houseunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.