Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garroose, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garroose
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.41452, -8.65231
- SMR number
- LI047-005----
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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 marshy terrain. Circular area (diam. 37m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m). Bank (int. H 1.2ml ext. H 2.35m), best preserved W->E, is heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. Breaks in bank at W (Wth 2m) and ESE (2.5m). Waterlogged fosse, clogged with organic debris, is very shallow at W and ESE. Flat interior is covered with bushes and strewn with fallen trees. Earth-cut fox covert on inner bank face at N.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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