Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Ballyglass (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54504, -8.11915
- SMR number
- RO045-020----
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 low NW-SE spur with valleys to the SW and NE. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 4.7m ENE-WSW) defined by a broad earthen bank (Wth 5.5m-6m; int. H 0.65m-1m; ext. H 1.5-1.7m) with some scrub. There are slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 1m; D 0.4m) SSW-WNW (max. ext. dims. 18.3m ENE-WSW; 15.8m NNW-SSE).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.