Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyegny Beg, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyegny Beg
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.52461, -9.05522
- SMR number
- LI028-024----
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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, atop hill. Circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (ext. H 3.3m) is completely covered by dense overgrowth as is all of interior. Fosse (Wth 2.6m) is surrounded by low outer bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 0.35m). Field boundary abuts site at NNE. A shallow linear depression (L 16m E-W) abuts outer bank at NNW. An active quarry is located 20m to W.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 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.