Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballingoola, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingoola
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53149, -8.52963
- SMR number
- LI023-071----
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
Listed by O'Kelly (1942-3, 180) as Earthwork, Type A. Situated on poorly drained grassland with drainage ditch immediately to N and stream 80m to W which forms townland boundary with Knockfennell. Described in 1943 as a 'circular platform of earth slightly raised over the level of an extensive marsh which surrounds it. There does not seem to have been a fosse, and the entrance is not recognisable. Its maximum height over the surface of the marsh is 3' 6" [1m] and its overall diameter is 126' [38.4m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 180). Outline of earthwork is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 27 September 2018
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Platformunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.