Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycullane Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycullane Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55505, -9.32448
- SMR number
- LI017-030----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In marshy terrain, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled but trace of enclosing element discernible NW->SW. This consists of slight scarped edge (H c. 0.25m; Wth 3m) with external fosse (D c. 0.95m; Wth c. 5m). There are traces of a slight counterscarp bank NW->NE and E->SE (H c. 0.25m). Enclosure truncated SW->NW by N-S field boundary. Immediately beyond field boundary to W is ringfort (LI017-029---) probably conjoined with this one.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.