Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drewscourt West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drewscourt West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.39934, -8.82582
- SMR number
- LI046-020----
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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 gently undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and surrounding field boundaries removed. However, its outline is still evident as circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W), slightly truncated at S end by former E-W field boundary, defined by scarped edge (H c. 0.35m; Wth c. 4m) with external fosse (D c. 0.2m; Wth c. 2m). Entire site is under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.