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Ringfort - rath

Rosstemple (coshma By., Athlacca Ed), County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland: Rosstemple (coshma By., Athlacca Ed)
County: Limerick
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Hachured
Latest-edition OS map: Hachured
Coordinates: 52.47430, -8.66899
SMR number: LI031-085----

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On flat pasture, 90m SW of townland boundary with Tullerboy and 215m SW of an enclosure (LI031-086----). Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as sub-circular shaped area (N-S 34m, E-W 32m) defined by a scarp, external fosse from W-N-NE and E-S-SW and entrance gap at E, truncated at SW-W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded the presence of 'Rosstemple Fort' located ‘near the S.W. boundary of Rosstemple townland’ (OSNB Athlacca Parish, 189). Overgrown monument visible on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (306) 29) taken in 2002. Tree-covered enclosure visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage date 14/09/2019.

See attached ASI aerial Photograph (ASIAP (309) 29)

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 25 March 2021

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

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