Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cooltomin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooltomin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54932, -9.02655
- SMR number
- LI019-142----
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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 rough pasture, atop low limestone rise. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.7m; Wth 5.2m), best preserved N->S. Original avenue to farmhouse, located c. 40m to N and now derelict, formerly skirted around E side of enclosure; realigned avenue (Wth 2.2m) now cuts through middle (rough N-S axis) of enclosure. Traces of stone footing along top of scarped edge SSW->N indicate line of removed bank/wall. Interior slopes down gently to SE and is under rough grazing. Immediately NE of enclosure is farm shed; immediately W of enclosure is bank of debris, aligned N-S, from demolished farm buildings.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.