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
- 52.39654, -8.85811
- SMR number
- LI045-025----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.05m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.3m). Gap (Wth 1m) in bank at S caused by cattle accessing interior. Bank is much eroded NNE->E. Enclosing element and outside edge of level interior are covered by overgrowth, but centre is under grass.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.