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Ringfort - rath

Foyle, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Foyle, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Foyle
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured - Indicated (1938)
Coordinates
52.65024, -8.50397
SMR number
LI006-042----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In grassland, this is the most southerly of three ringforts (LI006-039-/040---) forming a line running NW-SE for a distance of c. 200m. Ringforts (LI006-040-/039----) lie 100m and 195m to NNW respectively. The field boundary marking the townland boundary with Ballyvarry intersects the monument at E. Ringfort depicted as a circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 31m; ext. dims. 50m NW-SE x 46m NE-SW) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Shown as a partially levelled monument on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. On this map the upstanding enclosing element is depicted only from S through W to WNW, elsewhere it has been levelled. The monument is visible on Digital global imagery taken 2011-13 in a similar manner to the 25-inch map. On this orthoimage the enclosing element element with traces of an outer ditch are visible from S through W to NW, a gap at SSE gives access to a lane running along the E field boundary. A post-1700 field boundary runs NW from the NWW side of the monument. Outline of monument visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/11/2019.

See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 19/11/2019 and 28/06/2018

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 8 June 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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