Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromalta, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromalta
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.58847, -8.35852
- SMR number
- LI015-026001-
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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 immediately N of a small river and E of a field boundary in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Roughly circular area (35.1m E-W; 33m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.8m) from NW to SE and defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.8m: H 0.8m) from SE to SW, with an external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.5m) NE to SE. The enclosing element is truncated by a field drain at W. The interior slopes down to the SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 3 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.