Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortroe (connello Lower By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortroe (connello Lower By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53440, -9.00591
- SMR number
- LI019-218----
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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 wooded area, on gently undulating terrain, immediately east of public road. Oval area (25m N- S; 20.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.95m) with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 1.8m). Bank is best preserved along N arc, but is heavily masked by overgrowth NNE->S. Fosse, best preserved SSW->NNE, shallows out and is masked by overgrowth NNE->SSW. Mature coniferous trees grow on bank and cover level interior.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.