Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisduane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisduane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.43874, -8.77499
- SMR number
- LI038-061----
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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 E-facing slope, immediately NW of farmyard of Fort Edmund house. Roughly circular area (43m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.1m) with external fosse (D 2m; Wth 3.35m) and counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.5m). Farm-buildings encroach on defences on SE side; recent wall stands immediately outside fosse SSW->NNW. Level interior is covered by mature deciduous trees.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.