Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnakistin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnakistin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.56317, -8.26721
- SMR number
- LI024-061----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a slight rise, on gentle E-facing slope, in improved pasture. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a raised roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 22m NNE-SSW; 14m ESE-WNW) defined by the remains of a levelled bank which has been reduced to a scarp. The bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m; Wth 1.5m) is visible at NW and is reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.95m; H 0.8m) from NNW-N-E-S-SSW, and is completely levelled from SSW-W-NW. The interior has been raised across the W half to compensate for hillslope and has an uneven surface. Monument is visible as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/05/2017.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 17 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.