Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylanders
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.38011, -8.34953
- SMR number
- LI049-178----
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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
On a rise, in wet pasture, 60m E of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Killeen. Ringfort (LI049-177----) lies 170m to NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure planted with trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 16m) defined by a scarp. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped area delimited by trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 25 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.