Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Attyflin, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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 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
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.