Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountplummer, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountplummer
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.33825, -9.00704
- SMR number
- LI053-020----
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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 pasture, on E-facing slope, immediately below brow of hill, overlooking stream c. 50m to S. Circular area (43.3m N-S; 43.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.25m; ext. H 2.2m) with external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 3.3m). Field boundary skirts around outside edge of fosse SSW->NW. Opening at E where wide gap in bank (Wth c. 9m) has been worn down by cattle accessing interior. Interior, under rough pasture, slopes down gently to E. Mature oak trees cover entire site.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.