Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Riddlestown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Riddlestown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.52545, -8.98893
- SMR number
- LI028-072----
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
In pasture, at break in S-facing slope. Circular area (28.3m N-S; 29.8m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.25m) which is best preserved SW->E but becomes scarp-like (int. H 0.2m) for c. 10m at SE. Interior, under pasture heavily poached by cattle, slopes down to S. Field boundaries, shown on 1923 OS 6-inch map abutting bank at NW and SSE, have been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.