Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Riddlestown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Riddlestown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1841)
- Coordinates
- 52.52656, -8.98580
- SMR number
- LI028-075----
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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 (35.5m N-S; 35.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.35m), with external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.35m) SSW->NW and NNE->E, and with counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.2m) NNE->E. Interior level and under pasture. There are shallow depressions in centre and adjacent to bank at E. Field boundaries, on E-W axis, run immediately N and S of enclosure.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.