Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissamota, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissamota
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.49642, -8.85186
- SMR number
- LI029-119----
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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 gentle E-facing slope, below top of low rise. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, is shown only as curved section of bank SE->NW with external fosse SE->SW (C 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map. It is now largely levelled though scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 5.2m) can be traced SE->SSW. Otherwise site level and covered by grass.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.