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Ringfort - rath

Ballynacragga, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballynacragga, 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
Ballynacragga
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.60222, -9.11207
SMR number
LI010-005----

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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)
  • 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 undulating pasture, mixed with marshy areas and rock outcrop. Roughly circular area (32.1m N-S; 28.9m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m). Outer bank truncated SE->SW by E-W field boundary. Inner bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.8m) is noticeably wider and flat-topped on S side (Wth 5.2m), possibly due to material from construction of field boundary being dumped against it. Gaps in inner bank at E (Wth 1.4m) and W (Wth 0.6m); both correspond with gaps in outer bank but only gap at W in line with causeway across fosse. Fosse is generally deep and wide (Wth 5m; D 1.2m) and boggy in places. Outer bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) is indistinct in places, especially at N and E. Gaps in bank at E (Wth 1.8m) and W (Wth 3m); another gap at NE (Wth 4.2m) caused by cattle accessing interior. Interior is level and under pasture.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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