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Ringfort - rath

Fanningstown (Coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Fanningstown, 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
Fanningstown (Coshma By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.55908, -8.74198
SMR number
LI021-045----

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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 pasture on a slight N-facing slope with good to moderate views in all directions. The enclosure is located 240m E of the townland boundary with Castleroberts and 140m S of the townland boundary with Liskilly, enclosure (LI021-041----) lies 400m SW. The site is depicted as a circular enclosure abutting a N-S field boundary on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) with an external fosse on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The N and W side of the ringfort have been incorporated into the surrounding field boundaries on the 1897 map. Inspected by ASI in 2000 and described as, a slightly raised D-shaped area (int. diam. 27m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse on the N, E and S sides (Wth 5.3m; D int. 0.4; ext. 0.2m). A field boundary, depicted on the on historic maps, runs from the SE-NW and defines the W side of the ringfort, it curves slightly around the monument. The external ditch is visible as a semi-circular earthwork adjacent to the modern field boundary on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.

See attached sketch plan by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 10 August 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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