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 (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.52937, -8.98339
- SMR number
- LI029-002----
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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, on SSE-facing slope. Circular area (23.2m N-S; 25.7m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.75m) except ESE->S where it has been denuded by cattle accessing interior (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m). Field boundary runs along base of outside face of bank SE->NW; formerly this boundary continued at either end away from enclosure but these sections now removed. Recent dump-construction earth-and-stone bank running along outside base of enclosing bank NW->ENE, probably derives from these boundaries. Level interior, covered by mature deciduous trees, has dump of stones in S quadrant which also probably derives from removed boundaries.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.