Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvoneen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvoneen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI024-097----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of this monument in the townland of Ballyvoneen has not been identified. Listed as Site no. 40 by O’ Dwyer (1960, 112) and described as, 'A platform 130 feet [39m] in diameter. It has a shallow ditch 33 feet [10m] wide. Double banks 15 [4.5m] and 12 feet [3.65m] wide encircle the ditch. The platform slopes gently upward from the edge to an elevated centre which may be the site of a house or other structure. Running E-W a deep trench cuts off a third of this earthwork. The portion to the north of the trench seems undisturbed'.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 21 July 2020
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.