Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Milltown North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.57308, -8.97376
- SMR number
- LI020-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 SE-facing slope into river valley. Oval area (29.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank, with external fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 2.8m) SW->N and ENE->E. Bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.55m), best preserved N->SW, lowers SW->W. Fosse, best preserved SW->N, has dry-stone boundary wall running along base WSW->NNW and clipping outer edge N->ENE and S->SW. Entrance (Wth 3.2m) at SE, with stone kerbing on S edge. Interior, covered with mature deciduous trees, slopes down to SE. Enclosure is contained within small square field (L c. 30m) bounded by dry-stone wall. A similar walled-in enclosure lies 700m to WNW (LI020-001---).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.