Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinvira, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvira
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55224, -8.86218
- SMR number
- LI020-086----
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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 gentle NE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (28m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.75m), with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 1m) WSW->NNW. Bank best preserved W->NNW, lowers along E side becoming difficult to trace SE->SW. It incorporates large boulders N->E. Wide gap in bank (Wth 6.8m) NNW->N. Dry-stone field wall (H 0.9m) runs along outer edge of fosse SW->NNW. An earth-and-stone bank (H 0.2m) can be traced, curving gently NNW->NE, c. 7m inside enclosing bank; it fades out NE->E before running closer (c. 3m) to inner bank face E->SE. Level interior, covered by mature trees, is littered with stones.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.