Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - early medieval
Ballygreighan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygreighan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24385, -8.79006
- SMR number
- SL012-068002-
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
At a rath (SL012-068001-). Within the SE quadrant of the rath is a subrectangular raised platform (13.8m N-S; 14.5m E-W; H 0.5 at W, 0.65m at E), probably a house. Remnants of a bank (Wth. 1.7m; int. H 0.2m) defined the W side of the platform. There is another house (SL012-068003-) c. 10m to NW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.