Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Tullovin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullovin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Partially indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924).
- Coordinates
- 52.50425, -8.70241
- SMR number
- LI030-066----
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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
On reclaimed flat pasture adjacent to the S bank of the River Maigue. Depicted as a D-shaped field enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an embanked D-shaped fort (ext. diam. c. 26m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) backing onto the River Maigue with a curving ditch and external bank (Wth. 8m; L. 45m) to the SW. The site is not visible on either the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The monument is partially visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016; 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. The siting is not typical for ringfort in County Limerick and has parallels with LI006-001----.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 1 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.