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
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.40657, -8.84458
- SMR number
- LI045-026----
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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 gentle N-facing pasture. Circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 1.4m), and with indistinct external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m) evident at SW and NW. Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.95m) is low and broad (Wth 5.4m). Outer bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 0.65m) has wide gap (Wth 7m) at SSE. Level interior under grass. Field boundary, on N-S axis, truncates outer fosse at W. Field boundary, shown completely encircling enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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