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Ringfort - rath

Glen (Clanwilliam By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glen, 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
Glen (Clanwilliam By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.55637, -8.37374
SMR number
LI024-040----

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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 a WNW-facing slope, in rough pasture, 130m NE of a townland boundary with Knocknacrohy. A possible hut site (LI024-299----) is visible within the S quadrant and a complex of five barrows (LI024-041/243/246/342/341----) are within a 65m radius to S, SW and W. Depicted as a suboval-shaped earthwork defined by a watercourse to N on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 22m) defined by remains of a bank (Wth 7.15m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.8m) from E-S-W-WNW which is reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.1m; H 3m) from WNW-N-E. A fosse (Wth 6.75m; D 0.2m) is visible from S-W-WNW and appears to have been re-cut by a stream from WNW-N-E. A subrectangular-shaped area defined by linear banks (L 28m at W; 12m at S; 13m at E; open to N) abuts the exterior of the fosse at W, with the bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.2; ext. H 0.2m) on its E-side possibly being shared with the outer bank of the ringfort from SW-WNW. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped earthwork on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-201, and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 28 September 2020

References

O'Dwyer, M. 1964 A Survey of the earthworks of the district of Old Pallasgrean (concluded). North Munster Antiquarian Journal 9, 94-8.

Nearby in the register

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

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