Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyneale, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyneale
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.45483, -8.83647
- SMR number
- LI038-048----
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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 rough pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Circular area (43.5m N-S) defined by scarped edge, and enclosed by concentric earth-and-stone bank which runs 5.2m outside base of scarp. Scarp (H 1.15m; Wth 1.9m), best preserved NE->SE, lowers at S where it meets higher ground. Outer bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.1m), heavily masked by dense overgrowth along W side, has gap (Wth 9.8m) NE->SE. Interior, under pasture, rises up gently towards centre; clusters of furze bushes grow along edges.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.