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
- 52.61684, -8.67723
- SMR number
- LI013-035----
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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 NE of another rath (LI013-034). The monument is heavily masked by dense scrub vegetation cover. It is depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval enclosure (diam. c. 40m E-W by c. 40m N-S) defined by two concentric banks from N to SW and indicated by a line for the remainder of its circuit. The enclosure has been truncated by a stone wall from NNW to ESE. The internal bank (ext. H 1.43m; int. H 1.8m; Wth 0.8m) is constructed of earth and stone from W to N. A collapsed stone wall on the bank runs from W to S to E. A stone field wall running NW-SE cuts across the internal bank at W. There is a gap in the inner bank (Wth. 1.19m) at WNW. The external bank (ext. H 0.2m; int. H 0.65m; Wth 0.7m), evident from NW to N has been incorporated into the field boundary immediately to the N. The interior surface is uneven and is masked 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.