Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corcamore, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corcamore
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.64233, -8.75434
- SMR number
- LI012-014----
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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 slight SSE-facing slope of rising ground, 200m W of the townland boundary with Carrigogunnel. Present remains consist of a raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m; base Wth 4m). The enclosing element has been disturbed by the dumping of field clearance stones. The undulating rocky interior has also been partially infilled with field clearance material. A field boundary running N-S intersects the base of the bank at W. Poorly preserved monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2019 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a low bank reduced to a scarp from SE through S to W, overgrown with trees elsewhere.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 19/11/2019
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 18 June 2020
References
Westropp, T.J. 1907 Carrigogunnell Castle and the O'Briens of Pubblebrian, in the County of Limerick. Part I- the history of the place. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 37, 374–392.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.