What is recorded here

No. of Entry: 317 Name: Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballingoola Area: Limerick, Co. Townland: Ballingoola Type: Ringfort - rath Alternative Name: - Status: Not Visited Grading: Ungraded Date Recorded: 20/08/2003 12:00:00 Recorded By: C. O'Brien Last Amended: 20/08/2003 12:00:00 AMENDED BY: C. O'Brien

Listed by O'Kelly (1942-3, 180) as Earthwork, Type A. Situated on poorly drained grassland with drainage ditch immediately to N and stream 80m to W which forms townland boundary with Knockfennell. Described in 1943 as a 'circular platform of earth slightly raised over the level of an extensive marsh which surrounds it. There does not seem to have been a fosse, and the entrance is not recognisable. Its maximum height over the surface of the marsh is 3' 6" [1m] and its overall diameter is 126' [38.4m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 180). Outline of earthwork is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2018

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