Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Morenane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Morenane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.47768, -8.75361
- SMR number
- LI030-105----
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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, atop low hill. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled except for scarped edge (H 1.55m; Wth 8m) defining arc of circular area SW->NNE (diam. 34m SW-NNE). At NNE scarp truncated by recently constructed farm track (axis N-S). Immediately S of SW end of scarp is area of rock outcrop covered by gorse. Interior, in pasture, slopes down gently to N.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.