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Ringfort - rath

Ballynoe (Connello Upper By., Ballynoe ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballynoe, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynoe (Connello Upper By., Ballynoe ED)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.43998, -8.82720
SMR number
LI038-050----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, atop low rise in undulating terrain. Sub-circular area (26.2m N-S; 30.1m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 4.1m). Inner bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.7m), best preserved W->NE, reduces to a low scarped edge (H 0.45m; Wth 1m) NE->SSE. Outer bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 0.6m), best preserved W->NNE, is very much denuded elsewhere. Fosse, best preserved along N arc, has been infilled NE->SSE. External face of inner bank has been quarried out at SW, W and NNW giving impression of a wider fosse. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to SE, rises up sharply at edges to meet inner bank. Mature trees and bushes cover enclosing banks.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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