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Ringfort - rath

Ballycannon, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballycannon, 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
Ballycannon
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.53364, -8.87777
SMR number
LI020-122----

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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 natural hollow, in low-lying pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, is now bisected by E-W field boundary. On S side of boundary is D-shaped area (20m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.7m) E->W, with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 2.1m) NE->NW. Bank is best preserved SE->SW, lowers to scarped edge (H 0.3m; Wth 1.9m) at WNW. Mainly waterlogged fosse becomes very shallow and dry at WNW. Level interior under pasture. No trace of monument evident on N side of boundary.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

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

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