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
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54772, -9.05670
- SMR number
- LI019-114----
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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 S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28.8m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.85m; Wth 2.8m), with low earth-and-stone counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.5m) S->E. Inner bank is best preserved along N arc, but becomes scarp-like E->S (H 1.4m; Wth 3.5m). Gap (Wth 1.25m) in bank at SW. Fosse becomes very shallow E->S. Interior is covered with trees, briars and nettles.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.