Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcurly (kenry By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcurly (kenry By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.59037, -8.80269
- SMR number
- LI012-065----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gently undulating terrain. Circular area (23m N-S; 23.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.25m) NNE->SE and defined by scarped edge (H 0.7m; Wth 7.7m) SE->NNE. Scarp, best preserved W->E, becomes very low and barely perceptible SE->SW. Interior, under pasture, dips slightly down towards centre.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.