Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tobermalug, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobermalug
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61437, -8.48138
- SMR number
- LI014-036----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a gentle SE facing slope in poorly drained, undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (20.7m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 5.6m; H 1.2m), with an external fosse fosse (Wth 8m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.7m; Wth 2.1m; ext. H 0.2m) and an external bank (int. H 0.1m; Wth 3m) with an intervening fosse (Wth 2m). The interior surface slopes down to E.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 19 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.