Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardlahan, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardlahan
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.64085, -8.81002
- SMR number
- LI012-008----
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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 low limestone hill overlooking Shannon River to N. Roughly circular area (24.8m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m; Wth c. 3m). Break (Wth 2.7m) in bank at SSW. Level interior and bank are covered by pasture. Abutting bank at SSW, NE and W are short runs of curving bank, very similar in composition to enclosing bank. Curving to respect N side of enclosure is farm trackway; on N side of this is a long curving length of a similar earthen bank. Some 25m to SE of enclosure is another series of interlocking curving earthen banks. These may be remnants of an ancient field system associated with enclosure.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.