Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonreask, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonreask
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1841)
- Coordinates
- 52.59605, -8.98794
- SMR number
- LI010-107----
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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 level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, is now dissected by N-S field boundary. On E side of field boundary is D-shaped area (30m N-S; 10.4m E-W) defined N->S by scarped edge (H 0.65m; Wth 3m), with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth c. 4m) NE->S. Enclosing element has been damaged by shallow quarrying N->NE. Level interior under pasture. No trace of monument is evident on W side of field boundary.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.