Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyfookeen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfookeen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.42385, -8.70757
- SMR number
- LI038-142----
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Formerly circular area (diam. 33m SW-NE) enclosed by eroded earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) S->NW, and defined by scarped edge (H 1.25m; Wth 5.4m) NW->E, but enclosing element replaced elsewhere by two linear field boundaries, which form right angle at SE corner. In SE corner is low earthen mound (H 0.7m; Wth 11m NW-SE) defined by curving scarped edge W->N but truncated by field boundary N->W. Enclosing element overgrown with gorse W->NW but site otherwise under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.