Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lickadoon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lickadoon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.60285, -8.57794
- SMR number
- LI013-189----
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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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in undulating pasture overlooked to NE by Knockea Hill. Indicated with hachures on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as the SW arc of a bank and external fosse. The bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth. 2.40m; H 2m) is flat-topped with a steep internal edge. The fosse (Wth. 3.85m; D 1.65m, ) is flat-bottomed with steep sides. In the S the fosse is wider and shallower (ext. D 0.5m;Wth. 7m) and the bank is slightly smaller (Wth. 1.8m; ext. H 0.3m; int. H 0.35m).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.