Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - early medieval
Ballygilgan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygilgan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.35061, -8.54023
- SMR number
- SL008-025001-
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located to SW of centre in the interior of Ballygilgan rath (SL008-025001-). Oval area (dims. 7m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1m; H 0.3m). A break (Wth 1.6m) in the bank at NE marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.