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Ringfort - rath

Ballygeel, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballygeel, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballygeel
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.41521, -9.05647
SMR number
LI036-192----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on slight W-facing slope. Formerly circular enclosure is now bisected by field boundary travelling on SE-NW axis. There is no visible surface trace of any archaeological features on SW side of boundary. On NE side of boundary a scarped edge (H 0.6m; Wth 0.4m) encloses D-shaped area (10.2m N-S; 13.7m E-W) W->SE, which is otherwise defined by field boundary. Immediately outside scarp is external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 2.3m). Causeway entrance (Wth 2.35m) at WNW. Interior is level and under pasture, but there are patches of overgrowth covering top of scarp.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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