Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Durraclogh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Durraclogh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.43587, -8.84387
- SMR number
- LI037-069----
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 32m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2m) with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 1.4m), and external bank (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.45m) S->N; enclosing element overgrown with thorn bushes. Incorporating external bank and entirely surrounding enclosure is field boundary, abutted by other field boundaries at E, S, SW and NW. Level interior overgrown with briars and nettles.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.