Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyan, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyan
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55634, -8.99376
- SMR number
- LI019-166----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying gently undulating terrain, contained within small field covered by dense vegetation overgrowth. Roughly circular area (46.6m N-S; 51.3m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m), which is best preserved SE->S, and incorporates linear field boundary SW->WSW. Gap (Wth 5.8m) in bank at NNE. Level interior, under rough grazing, is divided in two by earth-and-stone bank (H 0.45; L 30m) on NNE/SSW axis which merges with enclosing bank at S.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.