Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Portnard, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portnard
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.63177, -8.34505
- SMR number
- LI015-003----
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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
Located in the SE corner of a field immediately N of a trackway and W of a drain, on a gentle rise in poorly-drained pasture, with good views in all directions. A roughly circular area (17m E-W; 15m N-S), defined by a scarped edge (Wth 6.7m; H 1.1m) from S to NE but otherwise truncated by field boundaries.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 1 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.