Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Maidstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maidstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43344, -8.60626
- SMR number
- LI039-076----
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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 110m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Clogher East and 140m N of townland boundary with Ballynamuddagh. Holy Well (LI039-077----) lies 380m to E small quarry or gravel pit 30m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. 24m) defined by a scarp and fosse (Wth 5m) from SW-N-SE . The fosse opens out at SW (Wth 18m) where it may have been levelled. The enclosing fosse is intersected at NE by a field boundary that curves from NW-SE. Visible as a scrub-covered monument on aerial photograph (ASIAP (328) 15) taken 05/10/2002 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and ASIAP aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 28 April 2021
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 346/22, 23 on 05/01/2003
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.