Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballagh (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagh (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53623, -8.09252
- SMR number
- RO045-042----
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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. 50m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on an E-facing slope of a W-E spur. An arc (C 42m) of an earthen bank (at ENE: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.4m) survives NNE-S, with slight traces of an outer fosse and outer bank E-S. Rath (RO045-040----) is c. 170m to the WNW and rath (RO045-041----) is c. 150m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.