Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garrane (pubblebrien By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrane (pubblebrien By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53261, -8.68178
- SMR number
- LI022-113----
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
In gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The site of the 19th Century ‘Fort Elizabeth’ House is located 210m to SW. Surveyed by the ASI in 2001 and described as a raised circular shaped area (diam. 24m) defined by a bank reduced to a scarped edge (H 1.2m) and external fosse (Wth 2.1m; D 0.3m) that has been incorporated into a field boundary from SE to SW. The interior is level. The monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 31 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.