Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyfoleen South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfoleen South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.50099, -8.80785
- SMR number
- LI030-039----
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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 SW-facing slope. Circular area (26m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.95m), best preserved NW->SSW. Bank is stone faced internally ENE->SSE. Gap in bank at WSW (Wth 3.5m). Entrance to NNE (Wth 6m) outside of which is terrace (Wth 4m) with curved edge defined by scarp (H 1.4m). Running concentric with enclosing bank, and c. 1m outside it, is much-collapsed field wall. Interior level and overgrown with elders.
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.