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
- 52.54860, -9.01641
- SMR number
- LI019-151----
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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 low-lying flat terrain. Circular area (30.5m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 1.3m; D 0.2m) NNW->SSE. Bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.1m), with external stone facing, is best preserved SSE->SW and NW->N. Remains of stone facing near base of inner bank face at ESE for c. 1.6m. Fosse accentuated by band of nettles growing along it. Level interior, covered by mature deciduous trees, littered with loose stones.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.