Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyegny, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyegny
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.52746, -9.07092
- SMR number
- LI028-010----
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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 pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Site is covered by overgrowth and only arc of enclosing element NW->NE is accessible. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.75m) is denuded by cattle at N. Outer bank of earth-and-stone (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.15m) best preserved SE->NE; at SE and NE it adjoins linear field boundaries, which extend eastwards to join a N-S field boundary. Break in outer bank (Wth c. 6m) at NNW where field boundary, which formerly abutted the bank, has been removed. Fosse wide and flat-bottomed (Wth 5m base). Interior densely overgrown with thorn bushes and nettles.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.