Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glenwilliam, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenwilliam
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.44941, -8.86333
- SMR number
- LI037-060----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In level reclaimed pasture. Circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with an external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m). Fosse infilled WNW->NW by recent dumping. Parts of bank much eroded. Mounds in NW quadrant of interior are due to recent dumping of earth here. Otherwise interior level and under rough pasture covered by mature thorn and ash trees.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.