Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tobermalug, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobermalug
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61447, -8.47961
- SMR number
- LI014-137----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In poorly drained pasture, 50m S of the townland boundary with Cloghnadromin. Ringfort (LI014-036----) lies 85m to W. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (ext diam. c. 40m) defined by a fosse visible on OSi orthoimages and Google Earth orthophotos taken 2018. Linear features, possibly drainage channels associated with post-1700 land reclamation are visible to the S of the enclosure on the orthoimages. Faint cropmark of levelled monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 06/02/2018
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.