Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finniterstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finniterstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.52728, -8.81469
- SMR number
- LI030-004----
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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, atop low rise in gently undulating terrain. Circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.6m; Wth 1.95) NW->SW and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) SW->NW. Small field (c. 70m N-S; c. 40m E-W) encloses site and area immediately to its N and NW; a dry-stone wall, forming field boundary, skirts enclosure E->W. Dense vegetation overgrowth covers much of field and enclosure. Running at tangent, c. 2m N of scarp, is short run of collapsed dry-stone wall (H c. 0.4m; L c. 8m). Interior, covered by nettles, dips down towards centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.