Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanid Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanid Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56226, -9.12044
- SMR number
- LI019-076----
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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, atop hillock. Circular area (diam. 33.5m) defined by scarped edge, with external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.1m) WNW->NNE. Scarp (H 2m; Wth 3m), best preserved at SE, lowers at SW (H 0.6m; Wth 1.45m). Counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.4m) at NNW. Interior, covered with briars over W half and along verges but otherwise under rough pasture, slopes down gently to SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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