Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mellon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mellon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.65713, -8.82346
- SMR number
- LI004-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gently NW-facing slope, immediately E of public road and N of avenue. Roughly circular area (26.7m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by scarped edge WNW->SW, but truncated by road SW->WNW. Scarp is best preserved at N (H 1.8m; Wth 10.1m) but very indistinct E->SW. Interior, under pasture, rises very gently towards centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.