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 (1841)
- Coordinates
- 52.60338, -8.88841
- SMR number
- LI011-068----
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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)
- 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 gently undulating pasture, occupying SW corner of field with small paddock area immediately to S. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), has been truncated at W and S ends by field boundaries. Enclosing element survives NW->SE as uneven and intermittent scarped edge (H 0.35m; Wth 1.85m). Interior now measures 23.6m from field boundary to scarp at N, and 20.2m from field boundary to scarp at S. It slopes down unevenly to W and is under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.