Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybronoge North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybronoge North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58856, -8.72189
- SMR number
- LI012-085----
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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 grassland, in SE corner of field, 255m W of a designed landscape feature (LI012-138----) and 310m W of two fulacht fia (LI021-183-/-178----). Depicted on the OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 34m) enclosed by a bank, immediately N of the townland boundary (tree lined) with Ballybronoge South and S of Spring Lodge. On the OS 25-inch map it is depicted as a raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 17m) defined by a scarp from NE through to SE and W through to NNW (approx. overall dims. E-W 38m). Visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken in 2018 as a circular shaped area enclosed by trees with townland boundary visible to S.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 19 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.