Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Briska More, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Briska More
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61593, -8.73544
- SMR number
- LI012-048----
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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 elevated pasture on slight E facing slope, 133m S of the townland boundary with Elmpark Demesne and 190m E of the townland boundary with Briska Beg. Modern farmyard immediately to SW. Present remains consist of a circular shaped area (diam. 35m N-S, 34m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank from NNE to SSW (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m; base Wth 4.70m) with well preserved stone revetting, bank incorporated into a field boundary from SSW-NNE. The interior is undulating with a series of earth and stone banks traversing the centre of the site. The interior is divided by a bank (L 28m ENE-WSW; H 0.35m; base Wth 1.8m), which joins second bank at E end (L 28m); slightly curved bank in the NW (L 9m; H 0.4m; base Wth 2.3m). Internal banks running across interior of monument are clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 19/11/2019 and 06/02/2018
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 18 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.