Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Commons (connello Upper By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (connello Upper By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.50906, -8.80529
- SMR number
- LI030-009----
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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, in gently undulating terrain. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank SSW->N and NE->ENE, otherwise bank has been removed. A dry-stone field wall abuts enclosure at SSW, but other field boundaries which abutted enclosure at N, NE and E have been removed. Interior is flat and under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.