Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ardshanbally, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardshanbally
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57332, -8.79204
- SMR number
- LI021-010----
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 low-lying undulating pasture, c. 80m SE of River Maigue, an enclosure (LI021-149----) lies 90m to SW and fulacht fia (LI021-173----) lies 210m to NE. Depicted on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) enclosed by a bank. Not marked on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map which shows the Limerick-Foynes railway line running across the centre of the site of the monument. Possible remains of a section of this monument visible as a raised D-shaped area (dims. 14m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 9.8m; H 1.8m) visible from S-W-N-NE. The railway line truncates the earthwork at W. This earthwork may be a spoil heap from the construction of the railway line and it is not certain if it is the remains of the monument depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.
See attached Google earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.