Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunkip, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunkip
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.50612, -8.63320
- SMR number
- LI031-061----
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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 reclaimed pasture, 180m S of the Camoge River, immediately N of a road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area delimited by bank, lined with trees and an OS trig. station point in the centre. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular platform (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a circular area of trees with overgrown interior, on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/09/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of Upload: 28 March 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.