Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygillin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygillin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57732, -7.15262
- SMR number
- WM013-095----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low rise in grassland. A circular shaped enclosure is depicted at this location on an estate map of 1833 (NLI 21F 80 (28)). No surface remains visible of any monument at location marked on OS 6-inch map. Faint circular crop mark visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 July 2018
References
NLI, 21 F. 80 (28) – National Library of Ireland, Survey of Ballykilinn (Ballygillin) and Williamstown, in the barony of Delvin, Co. Westmeath, belonging to Edward Briscoe, by J. Boyan. 1833.
Nearby in the register
- Stone head (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.