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Ringfort - unclassified

Ardroe, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Ardroe, 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
Ardroe
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56675, -8.41593
SMR number
LI023-270----

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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

On undulating pasture 165m W of the townland boundary with Dromkeen and 290m S of the townland boundary with Curraghavearna. Moated site (LI023-057----) located 310m to S. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps and is not visible on OSi orthoimages. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 253; AP 4/3685) as a circular enclosure most likely a ringfort (ext. diam. c. 30m). The enclosure is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 where recent clearance of field boundaries E of the enclosure is visible.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 253 and Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 4 September 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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