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
- 52.55057, -9.00703
- SMR number
- LI019-160----
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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 gently undulating terrain. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), has been levelled. Now evident as oval area (20.1m N-S; 26.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge which is best preserver SE->S (H 0.35; Wth 4m) but elsewhere is very indistinct. Interior, under pasture, has gentle roughly circular rise (H 0.1m; 8.5m N-S; 9m E-W) to W of centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.