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Ringfort - rath

Caherass, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Caherass, 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
Caherass
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.53581, -8.73513
SMR number
LI021-092----

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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 pasture on a slight SE-facing slope, with moderate to good views to the S and E with moderate views to the W and N. Standing immediately NW of entrance avenue to Caherass Court 415m to SW. Located 210m N of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Ballynahown. Ringfort (LI021-091----) 65m to NW, Caherass Church (LI021-090----) 200m to S. Depicted as a circular enclosure around a copse of trees on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and not as an antiquity. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (ext. diam. 40m) defined by a fosse and by a post-1700 field boundary from SW-W-N-E to ESE, intersected at SE by an estate access road. Inspected by ASI in 2001 when it was described as a raised roughly circular shaped area (int. diam. 37m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. D 0.4m; ext. D 0.55m) with an entrance gap (Wth 4.5m) at SE. The interior undulates and slopes slightly SE. The addition of (now mature) estate trees suggests the site was converted into a landscape demesne feature or tree-ring. The site is partially tree covered and is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.

See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 16 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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