Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissanalta, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissanalta
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.60288, -8.63435
- SMR number
- LI013-085----
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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 slight natural knoll, on the E-facing slope of a gentle hill, in rolling pasture with good views to E and S. The monument, depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 35m N-S) defined by a scarped edge, is now largely obscured by dense scrub vegetation. It is evident as a circular area defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.15m; H 0.6m), with a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2m), the whole enclosed by the remains of a dry-stone wall. The scarped edge has been eroded by vegetation and cattle in places. The interior is level.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 April 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.