Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rintulla, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rintulla
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58313, -8.85129
- SMR number
- LI020-042----
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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 gentle W-facing slope, below brow of limestone hillock. Circular area (diam. 23m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.3m), best preserved S->SW, but completely masked by vegetation overgrowth W->NE. Level interior under pasture. Field boundary abuts enclosing bank at SSE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.