Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyteige Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyteige Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.43135, -8.73188
- SMR number
- LI038-134----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on low-lying undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 1.2m) N->SSE; both are heavily masked by overgrowth. Bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m), best preserved NE->SE, forms angular corner at NW. Entrance (Wth 2m) at E. Field boundary skirts around enclosing bank S->W. Level interior is covered with trees and bushes.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.