Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dollas, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dollas
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.50780, -8.76080
- SMR number
- LI030-060----
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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, on gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (27.8m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.35m), with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 1.9m) and counterscarp earth-and-stone bank (H 0.3m) E->S. Much-eroded causeway entrance (Wth 3.5m) to SE. Field boundary skirts enclosure W->N. Interior slopes down gently to NE, and is under rough pasture except for two large whitethorn bushes in N quadrant.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.