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Ringfort - rath

Gorteen (Connello Upper By., Feenagh ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gorteen, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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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).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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