Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinroche North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinroche North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58289, -8.69339
- SMR number
- LI022-002----
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
On a slight E-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (LI022-001----) 20m to SW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2001 and described as a slightly raised oval-shaped area (58m N-S; 52m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.65; ext. H 0.7m) from SE-S-W-N-NE, which is incorporated into a field boundary from NNW-N-NE and a bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.5m) which is almost reduced to a scarp from NE-E-SE. The surface of the interior has irregular undulations, which may indicate internal divisions. A field system is visible to E and SE. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached sketch plan surveyed by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 11 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.