Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyvockoge, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvockoge
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.57639, -8.91302
- SMR number
- LI020-033----
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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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, atop limestone hillock, on E side of stream; immediately on W side of disused farmyard. Roughly oval area (c. 25m E-W; c. 35m N-S) enclosed by dry-stone wall (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.3m; Wth top 2m). Wall has vertical external face but sloping internal face. No opening in wall apparent. Enclosing element abutted by field boundaries to WSW, SE and NE; field boundary which formerly abutted to NNW has been removed. Interior is completely overgrown by trees and bushes, except for small area inside wall to N.
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.