Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathbranagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbranagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54418, -8.71201
- SMR number
- LI021-098----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a slight S-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate views in all directions except to N where overlooked by higher ground. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (36m N-S; 34m E-W). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.