Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanagolden Demesne, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanagolden Demesne
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58716, -9.10880
- SMR number
- LI010-061----
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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 gentle W-facing slope. Formerly circular enclosure is now bisected by E-W field boundary. There is no trace of enclosure on S side of boundary. On N side is D-shaped area (30m E-W; 17m N-S) enclosed W->E by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.45m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2m). Interior area slopes down to S and is boggy, covered in rushes and rough grass. In NE quadrant is slight hollow (2m x 1m; D 0.3m).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.