Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymackea More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymackea More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1922)
- Coordinates
- 52.81056, -9.43740
- SMR number
- CL038-014----
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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
On the S side towards the E end of a slight E-W ridge. Listed as 'enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 22m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.1m; at S: Wth 10m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.65m). There is no visible fosse or entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.