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Ringfort - rath

Crean (Smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Crean, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Crean (Smallcounty By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisduffnacrean, Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Lisduffnacrean - hachured (1927)
Coordinates
52.49731, -8.60309
SMR number
LI031-106----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 reclaimed grassland, with possible medieval road (LI031-069----) 310m to W and ring-barrow (LI031-105----) 75m to NW. Earthwork annotated ‘Lisduffnacrean’ on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Outline of much degraded monument consisting of a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 39m) defined by a scarp with remains of a faint outer fosse visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Outline of poorly preserved monument visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12. Depicted as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp with wide external fosse intersected from S-W-N by a post-1700 field boundary on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Post-1700 field boundary has been removed. Monument described by O’Kelly (1944, 51) as a Type C earthwork consisting of a ‘circular flat-topped mound surrounded by a deep wide fosse. The mound is in places 12’ [3.65m] high, and the fosse is 45’ [13.7m] wide for most of its circumference. The overall diameter is 240’ [73m]’. Faint outline of much degraded monument on Google Earth orthoimages taken 20/09/2020 and 28/06/2018. Wide external fosse enclosing visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 15 March 2021

References

O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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