Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballybrogan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrogan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53548, -8.03012
- SMR number
- RO045-066----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M222-3), and situated on a S-facing slope. Oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 31.7m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth c. 3.3m; H 0.8m-1m) NW-N and SE-SW, with numerous clearance cairns within and without. It may be a small field. Cashel (RO045-063----) is c. 120m to the W, enclosure (RO045-064----) is c. 130m to the SW, and cashel (RO045-065----) is c. 30m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.