Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rath, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.62910, -8.40216
- SMR number
- LI015-013----
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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 a gentle SW-facing slope in poorly drained undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (17.7m E-W; 17m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2m; H 0.6m), with an external fosse (Wth 4.6m) evident from W to E and from ESE to S. There are traces of an external bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1m) in the ESE and SE. There is a corn drying kiln built into the scarp in the W. The site is located within a potential deserted settlement.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 2 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.