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Ringfort - rath

Rathbranagh, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathbranagh, 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
Rathbranagh
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.54299, -8.70715
SMR number
LI021-106----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. A townland boundary with Skagh lies c. 110m to SW and a townland boundary with Corrabull lies c. 155m to SE. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. 24m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m). The remains of a revetment, one stone high, are evident along the interior of the bank from SW-W-N-E-SE. There are numerous small cattle breaks in the bank. A field boundary runs E-W across the S quadrant and to S of this, the bank and interior are obscured by mounds of earth and large rocks from field clearance. The interior is otherwise level and covered in light vegetation. Monument is visible as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.

See attached sketch plan and cross-section surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 30 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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