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Ringfort - unclassified

Garranroe, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Garranroe
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.55828, -8.72369
SMR number
LI021-056----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 with good to moderate views in all directions. The enclosure is located 275m W of the townland boundary with Killonahan and 500m E of the townland boundary with Fanningstown, ringfort (LI021-055----) lies 300m NNW. The site is depicted as a circular fort (ext. diam. c. 35m) lined with deciduous trees on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map, with E-W field boundaries abutting the N and S side of the monument. It is not depicted on subsequent maps. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 and described as having no extant trace above ground level. The bank and fosse on the S and SE side are faintly visible as a semi-circular enclosure (ext. diam. 28m E-W; 35m N-S) on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.

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Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 11 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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