Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballagh (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagh (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52663, -8.10515
- SMR number
- RO045-084002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 low-lying marshy ground, c. 700m from the N shore of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. The castle (RO045-084001-) is at the NW perimeter of a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 64m NE-SW; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a fosse (at NE: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1m-1.2m; int. D 0.95m; ext. D 0.4m) NW-ESE and a NW-SE drain at SW, but the perimeter at ESE-S cannot be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.