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Ringfort - unclassified

Finniterstown, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Finniterstown, 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
Finniterstown
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53379, -8.81864
SMR number
LI021-072----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 undulating pasture, located 200m S of the townland boundary with Baurnalicka. Finniterstown House lies 280m to the SW. The site is depicted as a circular fort (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. A trigonometrical station is shown on its N bank suggesting that the site is located on a high point in the field. The map shows three small farm buildings abutting the S and SW edge of the enclosure. The monument and the outbuildings are not depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map which indicates that the monument was levelled between these dates. The field is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 12 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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