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Ringfort - rath

Dunganville Upper, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dunganville Upper, 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
Dunganville Upper
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Dunganville- Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.48722, -9.08803
SMR number
LI028-086----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, atop NE edge of steep-sided valley of River Daar. Roughly circular area (69m N-S; 67m E-W) enclosed by substantial earthen bank (int. H 2.7m; ext. H c. 5m) NNE->S, defined by top edge of step incline S->W, and enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 2.95m) W->NNE (see plan Westropp 1916-17, plate IV). Deep external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 2.35m) W->S is covered by dense overgrowth. Gap in bank at W where material recently dumped into fosse to create causeway (Wth 8.6m). Outer bank, indicated on 1923 OS 6-inch map W->E, has been removed and replaced by a farm trackway. Level interior under pasture. In NE quadrant is roughly L-shaped indistinct rise; according to Westropp (ibid., 25) 'the peasantry believe that there are caves under these, but that they were never open in living memory'; this probably indicates presence of a souterrain.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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