What is recorded here

Rathbranagh is a circular earthen fort in County Limerick, with a twenty-four-metre diameter and a bank still wide enough to mark its shape in the pasture. It sits in gently undulating ground with clear views in every direction, near the boundaries of Skagh and Corrabull. Cattle have opened small breaks in the bank, and field clearance has buried part of the south interior, but the round line remains visible across the land.

In gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. A townland boundary with Skagh lies c. 110m to SW and a townland boundary with Corrabull lies c. 155m to SE. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. 24m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m). The remains of a revetment, one stone high, are evident along the interior of the bank from SW-W-N-E-SE. There are numerous small cattle breaks in the bank. A field boundary runs E-W across the S quadrant and to S of this, the bank and interior are obscured by mounds of earth and large rocks from field clearance. The interior is otherwise level and covered in light vegetation. Monument is visible as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached sketch plan and cross-section surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 July 2020

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