Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyhibbin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhibbin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56437, -8.91706
- SMR number
- LI020-031----
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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 low hill. Roughly circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) which is slightly lower than level of surrounding terrain. Enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m) SE->SW and defined NW->NE by scarped edge (H 1.2m; Wth 8m) sloping down into interior. Enclosing element truncated by N-S field boundaries SW->NW and NE->SE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down towards centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.