Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisready (cripps), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisready (cripps)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.57053, -9.16789
- SMR number
- LI018-023----
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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
In coniferous plantation, on S-facing slope overlooking Glashanaskree River. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening waterlogged fosse (Wth 3m). Both inner bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.4m) and external bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.05m) are truncated SE->NW by linear E-W field boundary. Field boundary abuts outer bank at NE. Interior and most of enclosing element are covered by dense vegetation overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.