Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybrown (glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrown (glenquin By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47471, -8.96336
- SMR number
- LI029-084----
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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 N-facing hill slope, immediately S of avenue leading to derelict farmhouse. Roughly circular area (30m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.75m), with external fosse (D 0.8m; Wth 2.6m) WSW->ESE. Bank, best preserved NE->SE, lowers at SW for c. 6m. Fosse, best preserved W->NW, narrows along N arc where avenue clips outer edge. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to NW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.