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Ringfort - rath

Ballyphilip (Coshma By.),Kingsland, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyphilip, Kingsland, 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
Ballyphilip (Coshma By.),Kingsland
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.46787, -8.71382
SMR number
LI038-042----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, bisected by a stream which marks the townland boundary with Ballyphilip. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, bisected by a townland boundary running N-S, intersected at NW and SE by post-1700 field boundaries. Partial monument depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped earthwork on W side of stream only consisting of a semi-circular shaped area enclosed by a bank from S-W-N-NE and external fosse from S-W with stream forming enclosing element at E. No enclosing element is depicted on the E side of the stream on this edition of the OSi map. Monument visible as scrub covered earthwork on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 20 April 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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