Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glenlary, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenlary
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.40145, -8.40885
- SMR number
- LI049-091----
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, Glenlary Cottage lies 270m to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 21m N-S; 24m E-S) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with gaps at NE and SW, intersected at SE and SW by a trackway running NW-SE on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. Trace of fosse visible from NW-N-E-S on the Google Earth orthoimage dated 13/08/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 6 October 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
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- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.