Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynash (Clare), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynash (Clare)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60303, -9.14150
- SMR number
- LI009-010----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, arc of two concentric earthen banks is evident N->SE: inner bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.1m); outer bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.1m); distance apart top-of-bank to top-of-bank is 5m. Enclosing element truncated by field boundaries SE->N. Interior slopes down gently to W and is under marshy pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.