Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynabinnia, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynabinnia
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.87148, -9.07838
- SMR number
- CL033-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the narrow crest of a N-S ridge with the ground sloping away to W and E. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A raised oval grass-covered area (dims. 27m N-S; 23.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) SSE-S and a slight fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.1m) SSE-SW, which is continued by a berm (Wth 2.2m) and outer field bank SW-NW. Elsewhere the perimeter is defined by a scarp (H 1.2-1.4m generally to 1.8m at E), which merges into the steep slope at E. There are ramp entrances at S (Wth 2m) and NNW (Wth 5m), both of which probably receive modern usage. The W part of the interior is level, but the E part slopes down severely to the E (H 1.5m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 April 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.