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Ringfort - rath

Boherload, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Boherload, 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
Boherload
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.58072, -8.59072
SMR number
LI022-047----

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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 pasture at base of ridge running NE-SW, immediately N of stream and 217m E of Ahanload River that marks townland boundary with Fanningstown. Standing stone (LI022-227----) 145m to E, enclosure (LI022-188----) 150m to N, enclosure and field system (LI022-046----/-228) 200m to NW and field system (LI022-239----) 207 to SW. Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as s semi-circular shape area intersected at S by a post-1700 drainage channel running roughly NE-SW.
Poorly preserved and modified enclosure consisting of a sub-circular area (30m N-S x 22m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) visible from SW through N to SE and fosse (int. D 1.4m; ext. D 1.6m; Base Wth 1.4m; overall Wth 7.45m) with possible external bank. Interior slopes to N. Site description in 2000 records a raised area at S may be spoil heap from modern excavation of pond (6m N-S; 10m E-W) located S of field boundary. A field boundary running E-W truncates the site at SE. Monument is visible as rectangular shaped area with trees at W and E, intersected by field boundary at S and linear field system radiates N from NE corner. The monument is visible as part of larger complex of field systems and enclosures to N and S on the OSi 2005-2012 orthophotos.

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

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

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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