Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Graig, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graig
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.42655, -8.79592
- SMR number
- LI038-115----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gentle SE-facing slope. Circular area (29.9m N-S; 27.8m E-W) enclosed by eroded earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 1.1m). Level interior under pasture. Field boundary skirts enclosure N->S.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.