Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyveloge, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyveloge
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dotted outline
- Coordinates
- 52.61448, -8.70194
- SMR number
- LI012-141----
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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 slight NE-facing slope, immediately NE of cashel (LI012-055----). Present remains consist of a circular-shaped area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a stone bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.85m; base Wth 12.30m) with causewayed (L 6m; Wth. 0.95m) stone lined entrance (Wth 5m) at SW. The interior is undulating and strewn with rocks. Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map the monument is depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped tree plantation. Outline of tree-covered monument visible today on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2019.
See attached Google earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 25 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.