Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinvullin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvullin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42438, -9.01652
- SMR number
- LI036-198----
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 meadow. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark on aerial photograph (LAS) is now evident as circular area (28m NNE-SSW; 30m WNW-ESE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth c. 6m); enclosing element truncated by field boundary SW-NW. Interior level and partially covered by yellow flags (iris pseudacorus).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.