Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glendarragh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glendarragh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.42146, -9.13307
- SMR number
- LI035-013----
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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 SE-facing hillside; site now isolated in waste ground between large quarry to E, building site to W and public road to S. Circular area (18m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed SW->NE by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) and defined NE->SW by scarped edge (H c. 2.5m). Quantities of dumped quarried material cover NW quadrant of site including parts of enclosing bank.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.