Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortavalla South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortavalla South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.58892, -8.29985
- SMR number
- LI015-060----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 poorly drained pasture, with good views in all directions. Identified from aerial photography (Bruff Survey: Map 15, no 33; 4/3726) as an enclosure. The monument consists of a sub-oval area (20m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3.2m; H 0.5m) with two external earthen banks with intervening fosses. The internal bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 3m; ext. H 0.15m) and internal fosse (Wth 1m) are both evident from ESE to NW. The external bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth 2.3m; ext. H 0.2m) and fosse (Wth 1.6m) are both evident from ESE to W. The interior is uneven and slopes gently down to NE and W.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 23 October 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.