Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Altavilla, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altavilla
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.56501, -8.98944
- SMR number
- LI019-169----
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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 gentle NNE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 20.5m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.75m), best preserved along S and W arcs where stone-faced externally, but much degraded NE->ESE where it has becoming scarp-like in profile. Enclosing element and level interior are masked by dense overgrowth though there are some clearings along E and W verges of interior.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.