Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mortgage, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mortgage
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53209, -8.62068
- SMR number
- LI022-131----
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 level area at rear of dwelling with views moderate in all directions, 32m E of townland boundary with Cloghnamana. A barrow (LI022-133----) lies 294m to NE. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000, and described as a raised circular-shaped area (16m N-S; 17m E-W ) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.75m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.6m) with two modern ramps giving access to interior at N (Wth 1.7m) and at ESE (Wth 5.5m). Possible disturbance along edge of site from E to W with earth dumped obscuring view. The monument is visible overgrown with trees on the OSi orthophotos 2005-2012, Digital Globe orthoimages 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthoimage taken in 2018.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 7 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.