Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanbally, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanbally
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60428, -8.90042
- SMR number
- LI011-110----
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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 E-facing slope below top of ridge. Formerly circular area (diam. 25.3m E-W) truncated at N end by public road, but enclosing earthen bank survives ENE->NW. Bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.2m), which widens (Wth 6m) along S arc, is covered by trees and bushes and littered with loose stone. Level interior under rough pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.