Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyhomin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhomin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1841)
- Coordinates
- 52.60434, -8.95051
- SMR number
- LI011-041----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on S-facing slope; in area of outcropping limestone. Roughly circular area (38m N-S; 41m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) N->SSW, and enclosed by dry-stone field wall (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.85m), running along E side of avenue, SSW->N. Bank becomes scarp-like N->NE, but best preserved and flat-topped (Wth 3m) ENE->SSW. Interior slopes down to E and has uneven surface perforated by limestone outcrops; newly erected ESB pole in SE quadrant.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.