Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballinlough, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlough
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50721, -8.42054
- SMR number
- LI032-108----
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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
Cashel described in 1943 as following; 'This fort consists of a single stone bank enclosing a circular space. The rampart very collapsed, so much so that the entrance is not recognisable. The overall diameter is 78' [24m]. Outside the fort on the south side and butting against the bank is a rectangular platform. The east end of this is marked by a line or large boulders but elsewhere it shows just as a level platform slightly raised over the surrounding ground. It measures 48' [14.6m] by 12' [3.6m]. The fort is the centre of a system of ancient fences which run in various directions over the hill' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 February 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
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