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Ringfort - rath

Cloghkeating, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloghkeating, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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