Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Pust South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pust South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.58850, -8.49137
- SMR number
- LI014-123----
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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 on a S-facing slope in rolling pasture. the monument consists of a circular area (25m N-S; 24.6m NE-SW) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 5.4m; H 0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 5.7m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 4.5m; ext. H 0.4m). The scarp is most evident from NNW to WSW, the fosse from N to ESE and at SW. The external bank is evident from N to ESE. The interior slopes to SW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.