Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dooncaha, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooncaha
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54276, -9.09479
- SMR number
- LI019-181----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (22.6m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m), best preserved NNW->NE. External bank height (H 0.15m) becomes low SSW->NNW where there is a noticeable increase in internal bank height (H 1.2m). Bank dips SSE->SSW for c. 4.75m. Interior, under pasture, slopes down towards SE quadrant. Immediately N of enclosure an earthen bank (H 1.1) extends for 27m on an E-W axis, before turning S and becoming much lower; it runs a further 24m before fading out. Another bank (H 0.2m), 6m to N of latter, runs E-W for 30m before fading out.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.