Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilbreedy (kenry By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbreedy (kenry By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60017, -8.83954
- SMR number
- LI012-058----
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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 E-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been damaged by construction of a silage pit. Enclosing element now survives NW->E and is defined by a scarped edge (H 1.5m; Wth 3.5m) with an external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 2.1m) and counterscarp bank (H 0.7m). This encloses a roughly ovoid area (12m N-S; 30m E-W) defined at S end by silage pit. An irregular mound (H 0.7m), probably formed of dumped spoil from silage pit excavations, forms fosse terminal at E. At W end enclosing element truncated by N-S field boundary; this area is obscured by dense overgrowth. Counterscarp bank is clipped by E-W field boundary at N. Surviving section of interior covered by mature ash trees as is enclosing element.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.