Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fedamore, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fedamore
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.55162, -8.59180
- SMR number
- LI022-099----
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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
Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of an oval platform which had an earthen bank on its edge. The latter is almost entirely gone except for a little distance on the south-west side. There are no traces of it on the north side. The southern end of the monument is completely obliterated. A cart track passes close by on this side and the material of the platform may have been taken for this. There is a step-down just north of the centre, making the northern half of the platform lower than the southern. This step may be accidental as the same feature runs all along the field. It is situate close to the last monument [LI022-095----] described above. The overall diameter is 150' [46m] east-west, and it is 180' [55m] north-south' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 227). Cropmark of enclosure visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 2 March 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
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