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Ringfort - rath

Ballygeale, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballygeale, 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
Ballygeale
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.57461, -8.72427
SMR number
LI021-023----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 gentle undulating pasture, good to moderate views in all directions, enclosure (LI021-024----) lies 150m to S. Present remains consist of a raised circular-shaped area (diam. 26m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.9m; H int. 0.3; ext. 1.2m) with traces of an external fosse best preserved at SW (base Wth 2.2m; D 0.3m). Modern ramp (Wth 6.5m) crosses scarp at W, fosse absent here. Interior of site level with external fosse and clear of overgrowth. A portion of the interior in the SW quadrant has been fenced off with post and wire fence as a dump for old fodder. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by tree-covered bank with a gap at N on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2018.

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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 9 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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