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
- 52.58663, -8.36407
- SMR number
- LI024-013----
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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 undulating damp pasture. Oval area (19m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.2m; H 0.7m) with a fosse (overall Wth 6.2m; basal Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) at its base. Outside this are two concentric earthen banks: inner bank (Wth 8.25m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.75m) best preserved W-NNE and ESE-SW but is levelled NNE-ESE and reduced to scarp S-W; outer bank (Wth 6.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.25m) separated from latter by fosse (overall Wth 8.05m; basal Wth 3m; D 0.15m) and outside it is the outermost fosse (Wth 4.9m; D 0.05m). Possible causewayed entrances at E and SSE (Wth 4m and 5m respectively). Interior grass covered and surface slightly uneven.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 6 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.