Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mundellihy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mundellihy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.35753, -8.91981
- SMR number
- LI045-079----
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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 level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. It is now evident as circular area (diam. 42m) defined by a scarped edge with inner lip (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) with an external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 3m). According to local information monument levelled to present state c. 1990 when the enclosing bank was c. 2m high. Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse WNW->SSE. Interior level and under pasture.
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.