Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynisky, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynisky
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53347, -9.02070
- SMR number
- LI019-209----
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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 SW-facing slope below brow of hill. Oval area (24.7m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m), stone-faced externally SE->N. Dry-stone field wall kinks around external base of lowered bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.6m) N->SE; bank lower here due to erosion by cattle accessing interior. Mature deciduous trees grow along enclosing bank. Level interior is partially overgrown by mature trees with stand of nettles at centre, and strewn with loose stones.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.