Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cowpark, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cowpark
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61093, -8.88942
- SMR number
- LI011-067----
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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, atop hill. Roughly circular area (36.8m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.75m), incorporated into S field boundary ESE->SW (int. H 1.3m). Bank is degraded to scarped edge (H 0.55m; Wth 2m) NE->ESE, in which there is a dip at NE (Wth 4m) which appears to be caused by cattle accessing interior. Enclosing element covered in briars and hawthorn. Eastern two-thirds of interior slope down to W, and lower western third level; interior is covered with nettles.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.