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Ringfort - rath

Ahadagh, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ahadagh, 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
Ahadagh
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.38486, -8.90135
SMR number
LI045-057----

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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 level pasture. Circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening (Wth 2m) and external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 3m), and by third external bank (H 0.8m) SE->SW. A sub-rectangular annex connects to outer fosse NW->N. Inner bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 2.65m) and middle bank (int. H 1.75m; ext. H 1m) have corresponding openings at W and E, but no corresponding causeways at either point. Extending directly outwards from latter opening is linear bank (H 0.8m) and fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 1m) which run for 20m until truncated by field boundary. Annex consists of sub-rectangular area (22m E-W; 16.8m N-S) enclosed two concentric earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.45m; external bank: int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.3m), with intervening fosse (Wth 1.85m), except on SE side where defined by outer fosse of ringfort. Junction of two enclosures, on W side, overlain by dump of rubble. Both interiors are level and partially under pasture, partially covered by overgrowth. A rectangular enclosure (LI045-106---) lies c. 40m to SW.
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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