Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonnagalleen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonnagalleen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.61013, -8.84543
- SMR number
- LI011-088----
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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
Atop hill, in grounds of heritage theme park; landscaped garden adjoins enclosure to S. Circular area (29m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 1.65m; Wth 1.9m). Bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.1m) best preserved SW->NE. Low field bank runs along outer edge of fosse. Enclosure is part of park walk with wooden footbridges spanning the fosse at E and W. Interior is level and under grass; an information board stands at its centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.