Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunnaman, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunnaman
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisnamoyle, Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnamoyle, Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52054, -8.76432
- SMR number
- LI030-014----
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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 flat pasture 560m SW of the townland boundary with Carrigeen. Located 700m NW of a large enclosure (LI030-185----). The site is depicted as an embanked fort annotated ‘Lisnamoyle’ on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted as a ringfort (ext. dims. c. 52m N-S; 45m E-W) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map with an entrance (Wth. 7m) at SE. Poorly preserved monument (int. dims. c. 43m N-S; 34m E-W) visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/02/2009, 08/04/2015 and 14/02/2020. The Google Earth orthoimage taken 08/04/2015 suggests that the site is comprised of a central enclosure surrounded by a bank, fosse and external bank.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 26 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.