Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeves (shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeves (shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55888, -9.02461
- SMR number
- LI019-143----
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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 gentle SE-facing slope, in area of outcropping limestone. Roughly circular area (27.5m N-S; 28.7m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.45m). Bank, best preserved SSW->NE, has been incorporated into field boundary system ENE->S. Wide gap (Wth 6.3m) in bank at ENE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.