Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Graig, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graig
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.43234, -8.79232
- SMR number
- LI038-116----
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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 S-facing slope. Circular area (c. 35m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.9m; ext. H 4.7m) with external waterlogged fosse (D 2.7m; Wth 2.7m) S->E; enclosing element has been levelled E->S. Interior and enclosing element covered by dense overgrowth. Gaps in bank at NW, NNW, SE and SSE; NW gap has curving ramp dropping down into fosse; SSE gap approached from outside by two very-low parallel earthen banks c. 10m apart and c. 15m in length.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.