Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglass (athlone North By.),lisdaulan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (athlone North By.),lisdaulan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55116, -8.12951
- SMR number
- RO042-084----
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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 circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of a NW-SE spur. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40m NNW-SSE; 35.5m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight scarp (H c. 0.2m) that is overlain by an E-W field wall and townland boundary with Lisdaulan at N. Rath (RO042-085----) is c. 150m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.