Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynoe (connello Upper By., Ballynoe Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynoe (connello Upper By., Ballynoe Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.44180, -8.82024
- SMR number
- LI038-051----
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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 gentle N-facing slope in undulating terrain, marshy area adjoins to NW. Circular area (27.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 1.95m). Bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. 1.5m), best preserved along E side, denuded by cattle to form gaps at SSW (Wth 1.9m) and SW (Wth 1.1m). Fosse is crossed by field boundaries at S and NNE, which abut enclosing bank. Level interior under grass except for centre and NE quadrant which are covered by dense overgrowth. Mature beech tree grows atop bank at SSE, with a mixture of ash and thorn covering bank elsewhere.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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