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Ringfort - rath

Ballyvollane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyvollane, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyvollane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1938)
Coordinates
52.68746, -8.54012
SMR number
LI006-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In woodland area, on flat demesnes lands liable to flooding with E bank of the River Shannon 100m to W. On the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map the earthwork is depicted standing at W edge of woodland plantation belonging to the demesne lands of Mount Shannon House located 1.5km to SSE. A pond has been constructed immediately to the E of the earthwork as part of the landscaping of the demesne.The site description is based on its cartographic representation on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map and recent OSi aerial photography. Remains consist of an oval-shaped area (approx. int. diam. c. 23m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by a bank standing in a woodland plantation covered with large trees.

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Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 9 July 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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