Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tooreen (clanwilliam By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen (clanwilliam By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballynookan Fort, Hachured/Indic.(1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.50533, -8.70516
- SMR number
- LI030-028----
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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 woodland pasture, 75m E of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Anhid East. The medieval church and graveyard of Anhid (LI030-064001/3-) is located 200m to SW and an enclosure (LI030-066----) is located 185m to SE. The site is depicted as an enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is later depicted as an embanked enclosure on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map (ext. dims. c. 50m N-S; 50m E-W), no fosse is depicted on the map. Annotated ‘Ballynookan Fort' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. The ringfort is not visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. On the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 the site is covered by a linear woodland that runs along the E bank of the river. The enclosure is not visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020 due to dense tree coverage.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.