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
- 53.52915, -8.12187
- SMR number
- RO045-082----
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-lying, level landscape, c. 900m N of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 54.6m N-S; 52.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with bushes (at W: Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) S-NW and NE-E (at E: Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m) which is reduced to a scarp elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.6-5m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.8-0.9m) S-SE, and the entrance (Wth 3m) and causeway (Wth 5m) are at S.
See the attached aerial view taken from the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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