Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballinvira, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvira
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56325, -8.85398
- SMR number
- LI020-091----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 S-facing slope. Ovoid area (32m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by stone bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.5m). Bank best preserved (int. H 1.65m) where incorporated into field boundary NE->SSE. Interior, covered by mature trees, is littered with loose stones; slopes down to SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.