Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Friarstown North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarstown North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.59078, -8.61738
- SMR number
- LI013-088----
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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 in a field of undulating pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. The monument is indicated on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 15m E-W; c. 15m N-S) enclosed by a bank and fosse. The site is now heavily masked by dense scrub vegetation. It is defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.5m; H 1m) at NE and by an earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.7m; Wth 1.1m; ext. H 0.5m) at S. There are traces of an external fosse at N (Wth c. 1.4m; H 0.6m).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 April 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.