Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardnacrohy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnacrohy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43663, -9.03274
- SMR number
- LI036-158----
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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 pasture, on slight ENE-facing slope at end of broad E-W ridge. Circular area (34.5m N-S; 37.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.65m) ESE->NNE, and defined by scarped edge NNE->ESE, with external fosse (D 0.75m; Wth 3.3m) NNW->NNE and NE->S, and with external earthen bank (ext. H 1.3m) NE->ESE. Causeway entrance (Wth 7.2m) at NE. Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse ESE->S; all other field boundaries in vicinity of site have been removed. Interior slopes down to N and is under pasture except NE quadrant which is covered by overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.