Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Amogan More, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Amogan More
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.51532, -8.88880
- SMR number
- LI029-044----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on break in SW-facing slope. Oval area (40.5m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by dry-stone wall (Wth 1m; H 1m). Wall has been built against original earthen enclosing bank (int. H 0.8m) SE->SW. Gap in wall (Wth 2.2m) at NNE. Interior, under rough pasture, gently slopes down to SW. Field walls abut enclosure externally at SE and WSW; another, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map abutted enclosure at N, has been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.