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
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56352, -9.02158
- SMR number
- LI019-150----
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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, on gentle NE-facing slope in area of outcropping limestone. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map and as penannular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is not apparent in area covered by rough grazing with numerous limestone outcrops which are covered by thickets of scrub.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.