Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyguilebeg, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyguilebeg
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.43546, -8.80951
- SMR number
- LI038-053----
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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 pasture, near crest of low hill. D-shaped area (20.4m N-S; 32.1m E-W), straight arm on W side; enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m) with external fosse (D 0.65m; Wth 0.8m). Field boundary abuts SW corner of enclosure. Gap in bank (Wth 2.8m) at SSW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down to N.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 322/34, 35 on 05/10/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.