Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raheennamadra, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheennamadra
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.41300, -8.38669
- SMR number
- LI049-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture on the S bank of Ahatemple Stream. Enclosure (LI049-116----) lies 150m to SW. Depicted as a circular-shaped platform defined by a scarp on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Visible as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 20m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a bank with external fosse on Google Earth orthoimages. Outline of monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP 318 17) taken 05/10/2002.
See attached oblique aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 13 September 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.