Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glennameade, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glennameade
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.62226, -8.85015
- SMR number
- LI011-083----
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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 gently undulating terrain which dips immediately to W into wooded valley. Circular area (diam. 27.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.85m) NNE->NW. Bank and part of interior quarried out NW->NNE. This area is abutted by dry-stone field wall at either end. Interior is covered by dense overgrowth and littered with loose stone.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.