Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyea ((Connello Lower By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyea ((Connello Lower By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.51747, -8.85933
- SMR number
- LI029-048----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating pasture, straddling SE-facing edge of low rise. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) surrounded by field boundary on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now covered by dense overgrowth. Short section of enclosing element was accessed at E, and consists of scarped edge with slight inner lip (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.15m) with external fosse (Wth 2.8m) and counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.75m).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.