Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrons, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrons
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53298, -9.06842
- SMR number
- LI019-192----
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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, near base of S-facing slope, with marshy ground separating enclosure from stream c. 30.5m to SE. Circular area (23.3m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.45m; Wth 9.15m) best preserved ENE->SSW. Scarp lowers SSW->WNW (H 0.4m; Wth 3.75m) fading out entirely WNW->NNW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to NW.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.