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
- 52.43094, -9.10958
- SMR number
- LI036-112----
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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. Oval area (31.6m N-S; 37.1m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.1m) with an external fosse (D 0.6m; Wth 3.1m). Gaps (Wth 1.5m) in bank at W, WNW and WSW. Enclosing element has been levelled ESE->SW. Field drain runs along base of fosse NW->NNE. Interior slopes down gently to S and is under rough marshy pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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