Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyengland Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyengland Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61269, -8.93287
- SMR number
- LI011-047----
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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 N-facing slope; immediately NW of farmyard. Oval area (24.6m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.65m) and external fosse (D 1m; Wth 1.7m). Bank is best preserved SW->N, but has been lowered by erosion N->ESE. Bank and fosse removed SE->SSW to allow access to interior from farmyard. Fosse is best preserved along W arc, but is truncated by field walls at SSW and NNE. Level interior, covered by mature deciduous trees, is now used as domestic dump, particularly SW quadrant. A narrow trench (6.5m N-S; 1.1m E-W; D 0.6m) at SE corner of interior is probably associated with farmyard.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.