Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorteen (connello Upper By., Feenagh Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen (connello Upper By., Feenagh Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.40401, -8.85830
- SMR number
- LI045-024----
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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, atop rise. Formerly circular enclosure is now bisected by field boundary on E-W axis. On S side of field boundary is semicircular area (39m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed E->W by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 0.8m). On N side of boundary enclosing element has been levelled but is apparent NE->E as very slight scarped edge with shallow external fosse.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.