Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Craggs, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craggs
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1841)
- Coordinates
- 52.59735, -9.05447
- SMR number
- LI010-080----
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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
Area of limestone outcrop, atop steep slope rising from estuary of Robertstown River to N and W. Formerly circular area (26m N-S), now truncated on W side by quarry, enclosed NNW->SSE by collapsed dry-stone wall (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m; Wth 1m) surviving to about three courses. Wall removed NW->NNW and SSE->SE where it approaches verge of quarry. Break in wall (Wth c. 4m) at SE. Interior uneven, strewn with stones and overgrown.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.