Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorteennaskagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteennaskagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61422, -8.42494
- SMR number
- LI014-053----
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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 in flat pasture. A modern bungalow has been built c. 50m to SW. The monument consists of a sub-oval area (19.7m NE-SW; 16m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 5.9m; H 0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.1m) evident from NW to W. The interior slopes down to W.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 21 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.