Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloghkeating, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghkeating
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.61655, -8.67805
- SMR number
- LI013-034----
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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, c. 20m SW of another ringfort (LI013-035----). The monument is heavily masked by dense scrub vegetation cover. It is depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m N-S by c. 20m E-W) enclosed by a bank from SW to N to SE, with the remainder of the enclosing element indicated by a line. It is evident as a sub-circular area enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse. The internal bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.15m; Wth 1.5m) is well-preserved all round, with a gap at SSE (Wth 1.1m). The fosse (Wth 1.5m) is evident all round. The external bank (ext. H 0.2m; int. H 0.6m; Wth 1.5m) has been incorporated into field boundaries from W to SSW and from NNE to E. A collapsed stone wall encroaches on the external bank and the fosse at S. The interior surface is uneven and covered by dense scrub vegetation and fallen trees.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 27 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.