Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockpatrick, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockpatrick
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.59061, -9.11652
- SMR number
- LI010-057----
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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 pasture, on NW-facing slope. Circular area (24.8m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m), with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 2.25m) NW->N and NE->SE; fosse truncated on W side by recently constructed pathway. Enclosing element is covered NE->SE by dense overgrowth of bushes; bank has suffered extensive root damage. Interior level and under grass in W half but E half densely overgrown with bushes.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.