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
- 52.57427, -9.16427
- SMR number
- LI018-025----
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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 pasture, on S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, was levelled during recent field boundary removal. However, it is still evident as circular area (42m N-S; 40m E-W) defined scarped edge (H 0.2m; Wth 2m), with external fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.25m). Slight trace of outer bank evident NW->NE (H c. 0.2m; Wth c. 3m). Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.