Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballylusky, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylusky
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55055, -8.70780
- SMR number
- LI021-066----
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 elevated pasture on a slight E-facing slope with good views in all directions. Located 150m NE of the townland boundary with Rathbranagh, enclosure (LI021-064----) lies 70m to the NW; enclosure (LI021-065----) lies 60m to SW. The site is depicted as an oval fort (ext. diam. c. 30m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not depicted on subsequent OSi maps. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 and described as having no extant trace above ground level. A potential corresponding faintly visible circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 12m) is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017, nothing is visible on the later orthoimages 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 12 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.