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Ringfort - rath

Rath, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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