Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamucky, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamucky
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.48341, -8.87426
- SMR number
- LI029-103----
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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 low hill. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now largely covered by dense overgrowth. Enclosing element partially accessible E->S showing it to consist of earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.85m), with external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.3m) SE->S. Bank has remains of stone revetment on both faces at ESE. At NNE short arc of earth-and-stone bank (H 0.65m), c. 2m outside bank, probably remains of counterscarp/outer bank. Field boundary skirts enclosure SW->NW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.