Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygrennan (coshma By., Bruff Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygrennan (coshma By., Bruff Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.42835, -8.54432
- SMR number
- LI040-090----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture immediately S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Baunnageeragh. Possible site of levelled ringfort (LI040-089----) lies to immediate W. Depicted as a circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp on OSi 25-inch map. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 14 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.