Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromalta, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromalta
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.58911, -8.36000
- SMR number
- LI015-026002-
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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 in the NW corner of a field of gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Identified from aerial photography as a potential enclosure. It consists of a sub-oval area (21.5m N-S; 18.9m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3m; H 0.4m), with an external fosse (Wth 2.2m) from N to SE, and with traces of an external bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.2m) from NNE to E.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 3 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.