Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aughalin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughalin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.46585, -8.94692
- SMR number
- LI037-092----
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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, on terrace of steep W-facing slope. Enclosure has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field but is still evident as sub-circular area (diam. c. 34m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m), with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 2m) SSW->ESE. A field boundary truncates enclosing element NE->ESE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.