Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonanna, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonanna
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60010, -8.76768
- SMR number
- LI012-072----
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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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a slight W facing slope with excellent views to W. Present remains consist of a raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 24m) defined by a scarp (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m; base Wth. 4.2m) mostly quarried away from SW to NW, incorporated into a relic field boundary at N. A farm track abuts the monument at S. The interior is level. Outline of monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.
See attached Google earth orthoimages taken 14/02/2020 and 26/05/2004
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 19 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.