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 (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43108, -8.68718
- SMR number
- LI039-091----
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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 undulating pasture, on slight E-facing slope. A field drain, on E-W axis, truncates formerly circular enclosure (diam. 29.3m E-W) on N side, leaving interior now 21.4m N-S. Enclosure defined by very slight scarped edge NE->SE and W->NE, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 1.8m) SE->W. Gap (Wth 2m) in bank at SW. Distance from field drain to bank at S: 21.4m. Enclosing bank covered by overgrowth but otherwise site is under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.