Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvologe, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvologe
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.47452, -8.79553
- SMR number
- LI030-090----
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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 rough pasture, on NNE-facing slope in saddle between higher ground to E and W. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Only trace of site apart is arc of low rise (max. H 0.1m) E->SSE which may be remains of levelled bank. According to local information enclosure levelled in late 1970s when surrounding field boundaries removed to create large pasture field.
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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.