Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballintubbrid, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintubbrid
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.42682, -9.08610
- SMR number
- LI036-126----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level pasture. Circular area (32m N-S; 33.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.65m) with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.7m); enclosing element overgrown with trees and bushes. Possible entrance where bank lowers WNW->W. Gaps in bank (Wth 2m-2.5m) at E, ESE, SE, S and NW. Field boundary runs N-S along outer line of fosse WSW->WNW. Interior level, waterlogged at centre and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 324A/24 on 05/10/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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