Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycasey, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycasey
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61360, -8.78222
- SMR number
- LI012-040----
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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, atop hill; in NW corner of large field with public road immediately to W. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been truncated on N and W sides by field boundaries. Enclosing element survives E->SSE as scarped edge (H 0.8m; Wth 10m) containing wedge-shaped area (32m N-S; 34m E-W) otherwise enclosed by field boundary. Interior under pasture and slopes down gently to N. Both 1841 and 1923 OS 6-inch maps marks a "cave" immediately S of centre within enclosure, suggesting the presence of a souterrain, but there is no evident trace of any such feature.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.