Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynagalliagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagalliagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.33784, -8.46145
- SMR number
- SL008-078----
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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
Straddling narrow level summit of ESE-WNW orientated ridge, in pasture. Natural ground level slopes down steeply to the N and S of the site. Slightly raised roughly rectangular area (dims. 17m NNE-WSW; 20m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.9m). From NW-NE the bank is absent and the site is defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.8m). The bank is also absent NE-SE where a NNE-WSW orientated field bank, with a drain on the E side, defines the edge of the monument. The fosse encloses the site SW-NE only, across the level summit of the ridge, and is absent elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.