Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyfraley, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfraley
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47361, -9.02534
- SMR number
- LI028-142----
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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 pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.8m) with external fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.8m). Bank is best preserved WSW->NNW. Fosse evident all round though deepest and waterlogged E->S. At NNW cattle accessing interior have word gap across enclosing element (Wth c. 2.5m). Field boundary skirts external edge of fosse N->NE. Shallow drain on NNE-SSW axis opens into fosse at SSW. Apart from narrow band around perimeter, interior is covered by dense overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.