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Ringfort - rath

Ballinvira, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinvira, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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, 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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