Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyhoodane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhoodane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56850, -8.48671
- SMR number
- LI023-041----
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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 damp pasture, on a gently undulating S-facing slope. Sub-circular area (20m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by shallow fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.25m). Short portion of a partially levelled internal bank (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.15m; ext. 0.25m) NNE-NE. Low ridge (long-axis N-S) runs across centre of interior. Lazy beds (Wth 0.9m; D 0.1m) (long-axis E-W) cut across monument.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 13 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.