Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mitchelstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mitchelstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.63578, -8.96873
- SMR number
- LI011-005----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, at W end of low ridge, in area of outcropping limestone. Oval area (34m N-S; 27.3m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank ENE->SSE and defined by scarped edge SSE->ENE. Bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) best preserved at E. Scarp (H 1.65m; Wth 4m) best preserved NW->N; some vestiges of stone-facing survive on scarp face. Interior, under pasture, dips gently down towards centre. Field boundaries which abutted enclosure at NW and NNE have been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.