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Ringfort - rath

Friarstown (Clanwilliam By., Roxborough ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Friarstown, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Friarstown (Clanwilliam By., Roxborough ED)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924)
Coordinates
52.59629, -8.61587
SMR number
LI013-092----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in rolling pasture, with good views to E and W. The monument consiste of an oval area (36m E-W; 32m N-S) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with an intervening fosse. The internal bank (ext. H 0.7m; Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.3m) is evident all round, and has been incorporated into the local field boundary from NW to NE. The fosse (Wth 2m) is evident from ENE to WSW. The external bank (int. H 0.25m; Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1m) is less well defined than the internal bank, and is most evident from ENE to WNW. The interior surface is gently undulating and poached by cattle.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 April 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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