Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moorestown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moorestown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moorestown Fort, hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.37335, -8.44328
- SMR number
- LI048-063----
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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 pasture with enclosure (LI048-064----) 300m to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, truncated at SW and SE by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW, intersected at NE by a field boundary running NW-SE. Annotated ‘Moorestown fort’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is shown as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 27m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp from SE-W-N-E-SE with external fosse from NW-N-E-SE, transected at S and W by post-1700 field boundaries. 'Cave' in SE quadrant represents the remains of a souterrain (LI048-082----). Westropp (1916/17, 23) noted the presence of a souterrain inside Moorestown fort. Monument clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and the Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 19 August 2021
References
Westropp, T.J. 1916-17 On certain typical earthworks and ring walls in Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 33C, 9-42, 444-92.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.