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Ringfort - rath

Dromlara, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dromlara, 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
Dromlara
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.57085, -8.32854
SMR number
LI024-022----

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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 improved, gently undulating pasture, c. 315m N of a townland boundary with Kilduff. Enclosure (LI024-128----) lies c. 100m to SW. Depicted as a sub-triangular shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Shows as a roughly D-shaped tree-planted earthwork on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described by O’Dwyer (1959, 72) as a ‘ringfort’. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a raised roughly oval-shaped area (approx. 52m NW-SE; 48m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.7; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) and fosse (overall Wth 4.8m; base Wth 2.0m; D 0.6m) with possible causewayed entrance (overall Wth 5.25m; basal Wth 2.7m) at NNW. The enclosing bank is a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.7; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) from NW-N-E-S-SW that is reduced to a smaller bank from SW-W-NW. The fosse has been re-cut (D c. 1.5m) from NW-N-NE to facilitate drainage. There is a modern gap(Wth 4m) in the bank at W. Possible quarrying (total Wth 5m; 1.8m) into base of inner face of bank at SE. Monument is visible as a tree-planted earthwork on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage 18/11/2018 and a sketch plan which was measured and drawn by the ASI in 2008.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 26 September 2020

References

O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.

Nearby in the register

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

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