Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylion, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylion
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.49480, -8.15165
- SMR number
- RO045-165----
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 the crest of a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 30.1m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3.3.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1-1.4m), which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge with slight traces of a fosse SSW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at ENE
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.