Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathbranagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbranagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54861, -8.70847
- SMR number
- LI021-102----
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 good views in all directions, abutting the townland boundary with Ballylusky to N. Ringfort (LI021-103----) lies 45m to S. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 35m N-S; 29m E-W) abutting a trackway from NE-E-SE-S. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Partially levelled monument is defined by a field boundary from S-W-N-NE which is visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. This curving field boundary probably incorporates the original enclosing element of the ringfort.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.