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
- 52.55246, -9.02098
- SMR number
- LI019-147----
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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, falling away gently to W towards river. Circular area (29m N-S; 30.5m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m), heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth, containing large blocks of rough limestone. Bank partially removed at NNW for c. 2.6m, where a line of large stones, set edge to edge, defining outer face. Uneven interior, littered with loose stones and organic debris, has earth-and-stone bank (H 0.4m) extending in towards centre from inner bank face at NE; centre is masked by dense overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.