Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finnoo, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finnoo
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56273, -9.18799
- SMR number
- LI018-055----
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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 pasture, on verge of steep fall down to E bank of White River. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with external fosse SW->SSE on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, it is still evident in field of tall grass as roughly oval area (27.5m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by low broad rise (H c. 0.4m; Wth c. 3m) with external fosse (D c. 0.35m; Wth c. 2.2m). Ring of darker grass highlights area of fosse
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.