Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Garryellen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryellen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56599, -8.62595
- SMR number
- LI022-229----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying level pasture 120m E of townland boundary with Rockfield. Enclosure (LI022-230---) located 120m to NE. Not depicted on any OS maps. According to the local landowner this are a was known as the 'Site of a fort' where bushes had been cleared in the recent past (SMR File 15/09/000). Visited by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Faint outline of monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 7 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.