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
- 53.53040, -8.09422
- SMR number
- RO045-085----
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
Towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. Subcircular area (dims. 27m NE-SW; 24m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) ENE-S and a slight scarp or a low broad rise elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO045-086----) is c. 200m to the ENE and rath (RO045-227----) is c. 180m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.