Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glendarragh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glendarragh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43204, -9.11812
- SMR number
- LI036-106----
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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 level pasture. Circular area (28.9m N-S; 30.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.75m) with external fosse (D 0.75m; Wth 2.2m). Bank, overgrown with briars, has recent breach ENE->ESE (Wth 7.4m) where fosse is re-cut to act as drain for farm trackway which skirts enclosure on E side. Interior level, slightly waterlogged and under rough pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 324A/20 on 05/10/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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