Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromeliagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromeliagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61759, -8.41144
- SMR number
- LI014-019----
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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 gentle E-facing slope in poorly-drained, undulating pasture with good views to S, E and NE. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (30m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.7m; H 0.5m). There is a dip in the scarp at S (Wth 6.4m). The interior slopes down to the S.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 18 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.