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Ringfort - unclassified

Skagh, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Skagh, 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
Skagh
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.53288, -8.71498
SMR number
LI021-097----

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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 low-lying, wet pasture with restricted to moderate views, c. 22m S of townland boundary with Laskiltagh. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2001 and described as a slightly raised, roughly oval-shaped area (36m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by a low scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5m) visible intermittently from SE-S-W-N-NE, defined by a field boundary from NE-E-SE. The interior is gently undulating, dry and clear of vegetation. According to local information, the monument was levelled in the 1960s. Monument is visible as a faint oval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimagestaken 28/06/2018. Curving field boundary at E incorporates original enclosing feature of ringfort.

See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 29 July 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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