Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynisky, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynisky
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53476, -9.02198
- SMR number
- LI019-208----
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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 pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly rectangular area (20.8m N-S; 36m E-W) partially enclosed by earth and stone bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.9m) best preserved along W side. Covered silage pit with two retaining concrete walls built near centre; wall to S runs along line of removed enclosing bank. Two small concrete yards adjoin pit to E and W. Linear enclosing bank to N, masked by dense vegetation, incorporated into field boundary; enclosing element to E removed. Recent gaps (Wth. c. 3m) in NW and SW corners. Farm passage (on N-S axis) enters E yard area at NE.
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.