Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mellon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mellon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.66008, -8.82187
- SMR number
- LI004-007----
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, at N end of low ridge, in area of outcropping limestone, immediately to E of roadway. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 3.45m), best preserved at E where it is obscured by briars. Scarp incorporates bedrock at SE. Interior, heavily masked by dense overgrowth of briars, is accessible only at S and W verges.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.