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
- 52.33845, -9.00336
- SMR number
- LI053-022----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In area of scrub woodland between pasture field to S and stream to N. Roughly circular area (42m N-S) defined W->N by scarped edge (H 2.1m; Wth 3m) and enclosed by earthen bank N->W (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.35m), with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.6m) SE->SSW; enclosing element covered throughout by dense overgrowth of bushes. Bank overlain by field boundary SE->SSW. Gap in bank (Wth c. 7m) at E; a field boundary skirts close to bank on E side. Level interior is masked by dense overgrowth of briars and bushes.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.