Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Highpark, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Highpark
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61862, -8.49364
- SMR number
- LI014-031----
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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 SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. The monument, partially obscured by scrub vegetation, consists of a circular area (37m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4.9m; H 1.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 1.1m; Wth. 2m; ext. H 0.2m). There are two gaps in the bank, one at SSW (Wth 2m) and one at NW (Wth 10m). The interior surface is uneven and slopes down to N, SE and SW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 18 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.