Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Boolavoord, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolavoord
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53989, -8.62601
- SMR number
- LI022-130----
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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
Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This is a simple circular stone walled fort the bank of which is now very much collapsed. A fosse is not visible. It is so collapsed and so densely overgrown that it is not possible to say on which side the entrance was. Its overall diameter is 105' [32m]. It is situated on rising ground' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 223). Outline of monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 28 February 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
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