Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Flean Beg, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Flean Beg
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55471, -9.22696
- SMR number
- LI018-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In marshy area of rough-grazing. Circular area (32m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) with external fosse (Wth 2.3m), and external bank SE->SW (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m). Inner bank grades into scarped edge SW->N (H 2m; Wth 5m). External bank is replaced/overlain by field boundary SW->SE. E half of interior is under marshy rough pasture, whilst W half is covered by dense overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.