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Ringfort - unclassified

Ballylusky, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Ballylusky, 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
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----

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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 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.

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Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 12 August 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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