Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballintober East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintober East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.38786, -9.02344
- SMR number
- LI044-075----
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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 level pasture. Circular area (dia. 31m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.65m) SW-NW and N-NE, and by scarped edge (H 1.45m; Wth 2.3m) NW-N and NE-SW, with external water-logger fosse (D 0.85m; Wth 5.6m). Fosse opens out into a small pond at NW; pond has a retaining wall on its N side. Intermittent trace of external bank (H 0.2m; Wth 3.3m) NW-SW, on top of which number of mature deciduous trees are growing. Causeway entrance at SE (Wth4.2m). Interior slopes down gently to W and contains numerous shallow depressions.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.