Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymackesy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymackesy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43457, -9.06123
- SMR number
- LI036-071----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been truncated on E and S sides by field boundaries. However, enclosing element survives SW->ENE as an earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.4m) SW->ENE and defined by scarped edge SSE->SW. Entrance (Wth 2.6m) through bank at N. South side edge of site now defined by field drain. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth (48.4mm from bank to field boundary E-W; 36.3m from bank to drain N-S).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.