Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Craggard, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craggard
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55764, -9.05797
- SMR number
- LI019-119----
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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 N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 2.1m). Entire N half of enclosure is masked by dense overgrowth. Causeway entrance (Wth 2.1m) at ENE. Interior slopes down towards entrance. Immediately outside fosse E->SE is field boundary and SE->S is public road.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.