Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Camas, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Camas
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.40079, -9.06560
- SMR number
- LI044-055----
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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 dry pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (38m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H c. 2.4m) with external fosse (Wth c. 5m; D c. 1m). Bank and fosse, best preserved NNW->SW, are almost fully levelled SW->NNW. A N-S running field boundary crosses interior on E side. Bank covered by mature ash trees. Level interior is under grass.
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.