Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drewscourt East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drewscourt East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.39714, -8.79197
- SMR number
- LI046-010----
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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. Circular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank ENE->W (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) and defined W->ENE by scarped edge (H 0.9m; Wth 4m), with external fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 3m) on full circumference. Enclosing element overgrown with trees and bushes. Cattle have worn gaps across enclosing element at NW and SSE. Level interior under pasture.
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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