Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.49418, -8.45854
- SMR number
- LI032-092----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This is a circular fairly flat topped earthen mound which does not seem to have had a fosse. There is no bank on the platform or around the mound. Its greatest height is 5' [1.5m] and its overall diameter is 120' [36m]. It is situate on the edge of the bank of stream which is tributary to the Camoge. The stream has eaten away portion of the east side of the mound' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 179). The outline of the monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 27 February 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.