Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dollas Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dollas Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.49102, -8.76978
- SMR number
- LI030-116----
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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 the E side of a low rise, in pasture, 85m SE of a townland boundary with Lisduff. Ringforts (LI030-055/058----) lie 230m due W and 270m due E, respectively and seem to be in alignment. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork (50m E-W; 41m N-S). Depicted on the revised 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a semi-circular-shaped area (C 43m) incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-E-SE. Described in the SMR file as a circular-shaped enclosure. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped earthwork incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-E-SE and seen as a cropmark from SE-S-W-NW on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 22 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.