Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Eyon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eyon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.60638, -8.41022
- SMR number
- LI015-009----
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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 on the floodplains of the Mulkear River to the W, overlooking Brittas Castle (LI014-058----) on W side of the river. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a raised sub-oval shaped platform (approx. dims. int. 20m NW-SE; ext. 36m NW-SE) defined by a fosse from NW through to W, spoil heap bank from river drainage scheme intersects the site from W to NW. Partially levelled monument described in 1964 (O’Dwyer 1964, 96) as ‘a platform 20 foot [6m] in diameter, 8 foot [2.4m] high. Encircled by a 12 feet [3.6m] wide ditch which has traces of an outer bank. Only about one third of the site remains’. Monument inspected in 2005 when it was recorded as heavily overgrown with scrub vegetation making detailed examination impossible. Monument not clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 3 July 2020
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1964 A Survey of the earthworks of the district of Old Pallasgrean (concluded). North Munster Antiquarian Journal 9, 94-8.
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.