
What is recorded here
Indicated is an enclosure, large enclosure in Moyglass (ballintober North By., Ballygarden Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a large circular embanked enclosure on the 1837 OS map and a large field on the 1914 map. The grass-covered circle measures about 84m internally and sits on a gentle east-facing slope. A missing south-west wall, a central north-south bank, and later field attachments change its visible shape.
Marked as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 90m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a large field (diam. c. 90m) on the 1914 ed. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope at the base of a steeper E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. c. 84m) defined by a drystone wall and hedge which do not survive S-W. It is bisected by a N-S field bank and later field banks are attached to the perimeter, which was removed NNW-ESE since 1996 (Bing c. 2013). Rath (RO023-086----) is c. 190m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- Recorded monument
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