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Ringfort - rath

Dollas Upper, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dollas Upper, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dollas Upper
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924).
Coordinates
52.49087, -8.77384
SMR number
LI030-055----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, the N, W and SE side of the monument form the townland boundary with Dollas Lower. The ringfort is one of a series of enclosures (LI030-055/116/058/061----) in an E-W alignment within the townland between 250m and 400m apart. The site is depicted as an enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map on the summit of a low hill and is later depicted as a scarped enclosure (ext. dims. c. 67m N-S; 72m E-W) surrounded by a fosse on the W and SW side. The ringfort is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as a ringfort surrounded by a fosse with the N, W and SE side incorporated into the modern field boundary. The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. A small circular feature is depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map 75m W of the ringfort (LI030-055----), the enclosure appears on aerial orthoimages and may be the remains of a ring-barrow or a natural pond feature.

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Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 29 September 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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