Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballynagoul, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagoul
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.39106, -8.66798
- SMR number
- LI047-032002-
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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 reclaimed pasture, 350m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Creggane. Small earthwork in SE corner of possible moated site (LI047-032001-). Not depicted as on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 5m). Outline of possible ring-ditch visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 6m) defined by a fosse on Google Earth orthoimages dated 05/04/2006. Visible as faint cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage 01/04/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 12 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.