Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greenmount, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenmount
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59336, -8.68349
- SMR number
- LI013-068004-
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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
Situated on a ridge in gently rolling pasture. Good views in all directions. Sub-oval area (38m N-S; 30m E-W), defined by a bank, fosse and in places an external bank. The internal bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth. 3.45m; ext. H 0.3m) is fairly uniform, apart from in the E and W where it has been truncated by a field drain. The fosse (Wth. 0.6m) is evident from SE to NE, and has been truncated by the field drain to W. The external bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth. 4.7m; ext. H 0.2m) is visible only from the SE to the SW. The interior is uneven, with quarrying probably having taken place in the S and SE of the interior. There is a small circular mound in the interior (diam. 9m NE-SW; H 0.1m).
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.