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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
Coordinates
52.59227, -8.60286
SMR number
LI013-160----

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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 c. 40m S of the Ahanload River in low-lying, poorly drained pasture. Good views of surrounding hills in all directions. Oval area (39m NE-SW; 25m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (Wth. 8.5m; H 0.5m) and enclosed by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth. 13.6m; D 0.3m). The interior is uneven and dips irregularly down to the centre in a manner which suggests that it may have been quarried.

Nearby in the register

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

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