Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballywilliam South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballywilliam South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.51635, -8.91737
- SMR number
- LI029-035----
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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, atop ridge. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been modified by construction of field boundaries atop its enclosing element to form small sub-square field (L c. 30m). Eastern arc of enclosing element is truncated by N-S dry-stone field wall, but original enclosing element survives NNE->NE and SE->SSE as earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m). Gap in bank at SE (Wth c. 2m) has been worn down by cattle accessing interior. A field boundary, which replaces/incorporates this bank SSE->NNE, is masked by dense overgrowth. Level interior under rough pasture. Field boundary abuts enclosing element at WSW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.