Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyteige Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyteige Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.41744, -8.71570
- SMR number
- LI038-138----
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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 low-lying, marshy pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been largely levelled. However, it is still evident as circular area (diam. 34.2m N-S) enclosed by fragmentary remains of earthen bank (max. H 0.6m). Interior slightly below level of surrounding terrain except at centre where there is irregularly shaped earthen mound (12.4m N-S; 14.6m E-W; H 0.8m). Small pond abuts enclosure on E side.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.