Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Pallasbeg, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pallasbeg
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.58654, -8.36965
- SMR number
- LI024-009----
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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 damp level pasture. Circular area (diam. 18m) defined by remains of levelled bank (Wth 7.75m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.5m) and external fosse (Wth 6.55m; D 0.25m). Possible causewayed entrance (Wth 8m) at NNW-NNE. An outer bank (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.4m) with an external fosse (Wth 5.65m; D 0.5m) is discernable ESE-SW though obscured by dense scrub vegetation. Interior grass covered.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 5 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.