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
- 53.53104, -8.11849
- SMR number
- RO045-083----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as an oval one (dims c. 80m N-S; c. 40m E-W) on the 1915 ed. Situated on a gentle ENE-facing slope. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 70m NNE-SSW; 40m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.1-0.75m; ext. H 0.9-1m) E-S-W, with a fosse (Wth of top 4.6m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.45m) at WNW and a slight scarp N-E. It is bisected by an E-W field wall and barely survives N of this. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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