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Ringfort - rath

Corelish West, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Corelish West, 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
Corelish West
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.57528, -8.37855
SMR number
LI024-008----

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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

In pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope, on a natural shelf of ground that slopes down steeply c. 10m to N of monument. Circular area (21m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by partially levelled bank (Wth 10.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NE, best preserved at N and reduced to scarp NE-SW. Present entrance at WNW. Trace of external fosse (overall Wth 6.8m; basal Wth 3.1m; D 0.2m) evident NW-NNE and waterlogged SW-W. Field boundary (long-axis ENE-WSW) truncetes S edge of enclosure. Raised (H c. 2.5m) on E-side to compensate for the hill-slope. Interior is generally level and grass covered. Stream flanks exterior of monument to E.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 5 December 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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