Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Commons (Shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (Shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.49135, -9.08207
- SMR number
- LI028-090----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (33m N-S; 37.5m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.65m; Wth 4.45m) NE->WNW, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.95m) with external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) WNW->NE. Stone facing on external face of bank at N shows it was incorporated into field boundary system; a field boundary abuts it at WNW and NE. Interior is under pasture and slopes down to E.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.