Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corbally (shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corbally (shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53322, -9.09572
- SMR number
- LI019-179----
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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 SW-facing hill slope. Circular area (16.8m N-S; 16.8m E-W) defined by scarped edge, outer earthen bank and intervening fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m). Scarp (H 1.45m; Wth 3m), best preserved S->N, lowers NE->S. Outer bank (ext. H 0.8m), best preserved WSW->N, fades out N->SE. Fosse, best preserved SSE->N, shallows and widens (Wth 3.2m) NE->SSE, with causeway (Wth 4.5m) running across it at NNE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to SW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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