Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardnaveagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnaveagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.51943, -8.96817
- SMR number
- LI029-013----
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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 NE-facing slope just below brow of hill. Oval area (28.2m N-S; 24.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.45m) with external fosse (D 1.15m; Wth 2.2m), and by external earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.7m) NE->S. Mature deciduous trees grow along enclosing element. Entrance at ENE where break in both banks (Wth 2.8m) correspond with causeway across fosse; gap (Wth 8.6m) in bank at W not matched by causeway. Interior is level and under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.