Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballynagarde, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagarde
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58287, -8.57041
- SMR number
- LI022-051002-
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, at base of SE-facing slope, Ballynagarde Castle (LI022-051001-) 97m to E, enclosure (LI022-051003-) 90m to SE, within field system (LI022-051004). Present remains consist of a rectangular shaped area (21m NE-SW x 16m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.25m; Wth 0.5m) from NE to SE and external waterlogged fosse (int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.4m; base Wth 4.5m; top Wth 11.5m), interior level with some gentle undulations. Slightly raised area (H 0.45m) in NW corner. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 56; AP 4/3746) as a rectangular shaped enclosure. Monument visible on the Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 56 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 30 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.