Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballysteen (shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysteen (shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54082, -9.05830
- SMR number
- LI019-113----
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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 gentle ENE-facing slope immediately below brow of low ridge. Oval area (30.5m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse. Outer bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) overlain or replaced by field boundary NNE->SE. Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m) becomes scarp-like NE->SE (H 1m; Wth 5.1m) compensating for natural fall away in ground. Fosse (Wth 3.5m), best preserved SE->N, has stand of nettles growing in it. Break (Wth 5m) in outer bank at SSW opens into shallow linear depression which extends c. 32m to S before fading out. Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.