Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeves (Connello Lower By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeves (Connello Lower By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Annes Fort - Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55947, -9.02226
- SMR number
- LI019-145----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, straddling W end of low rise in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 31m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.55m) with remains of stone facing along base of external face. External bank height varies according to fall away in terrain, being greatest at W. Entrance (Wth 4.9m) at NE. Bank worn down by cattle at SE. Level interior heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. According to local tradition fort gets its name 'from a Lady named Anne who got a stone wall built around it' (OSNB Doon to Kilbreedy, 108).
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.