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Ringfort - rath

Attyflin, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Attyflin, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Attyflin
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.58418, -8.70953
SMR number
LI021-028----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In gently undulating pasture, good views in all directions, on the demesne lands of Attyflin Park House located 50m to NNE. Present remains consist of a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. 32m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.6m; H int. 0.4m; ext. 0.7m) reduced to a scarp in places with external fosse (Wth 4.6m; D 0.3m). Interior is gently undulating. Outline of tree covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2020. Close proximity to Elm Park House suggests that this earthwork may be a ringfort reused as a tree-ring on the designed landscape of the demesne.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 9 July 20202

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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