Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Woodfield, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodfield
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.34349, -8.91837
- SMR number
- LI054-018----
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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 level terrain. A sports grounds lies immediately adjacent to E. Circular area (diam. 40m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 4m) SSW->NE. Bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.2m), best preserved NW->N, is skirted by wire fence with concrete posts along external base ENE->SSE. Field boundaries abut bank at NW and N. Fosse, best preserved NW->N, is clipped by farm passage along outer edge WSW->WNW. Interior, under pasture, dips down towards centre. There are small dumps of earth and stones along verges. Mature coniferous and deciduous trees grow along bank.
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.