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Knockballyfookeen, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Knockballyfookeen
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.55129, -8.32063
SMR number
LI024-234----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 wet pasture 60m E of the townland boundary with Ballyshoneen. Ring-barrow (LI024-232----) 30m to NE. The ringfort (LI024-052----) known as ‘Rathaniska’ lies 60mto W. The enclosure is not depicted on historic OSi maps, nor is it visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 94; AP 4/3672) as a circular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 29m N-S; 32m E-W). The site is faintly visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017, although it is not visible on the most recent image taken 18/11/2018.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 94 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 17 September 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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