Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinena, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinena
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47872, -9.09588
- SMR number
- LI028-121----
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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 S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, it is still evident as distinct circular area of clover and lush grass (37m N-S; 36m E-W), bounded by a band of dock leaves (Wth 4m) N->E which probably indicating line of external fosse. Extant field boundary cuts across line of fosse at SSW. According to local information, enclosure levelled c. 1978.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.