What is recorded here

Enclosure in Ballinlough stands on a limestone knoll in County Limerick, preserving two concentric stone banks around a circular space nearly forty-six metres wide. Its south-west entrance uses a causeway across a cut fosse, while a semi-circular wall inside may have marked a small dwelling. The stones still trace that shape, suggesting people once valued the height, the boundary and the little room set apart within the fort.

Cashel described in 1943 as following; 'This monument is situated on the top of a natural limestone rock-knoll. It consists of a circular space enclosed by two concentric banks between which there is a fosse. The banks seem to be composed of small stones with a mixture of earth and gravel. The entrance is on the south-west side. Here there is a break in each bank and a causeway leads across the rock cut fosse. In the south-east quadrant of the interior there is a semi-circular wall, which cuts off a space between it and the rampart. This may have been a hut site. Its greatest dimension is 45' [14m] approximately. The overall diameter of the fort is 150' [46m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175). Outline of the monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 133/07 taken 23/08/2000 and 332/28, 29 taken 05/10/2002.

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