Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacshaneboy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacshaneboy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.34879, -8.60487
- SMR number
- LI055-014----
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 pasture, on a very slight S-facing undulating slope, with moderate views E-W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, lined with trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Surveyed in 1999 and described as a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (diam. 30m) defined by a scarp with fosse (Wth 6.65m; int. D 2.1m; ext. D 0.5m) from SE-S-W-N. Interior is densely overgrown and inaccessible, appears dry and level. Scrub-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI, oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 November 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
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- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.