Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockanea, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanea
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60760, -8.45869
- SMR number
- LI014-043----
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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 NW-facing slope in gently undulating, poorly-drained pasture, with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (ext. H 0.1m; Wth 3m; int. H 0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m). There is a dip (Wth 10m) in the bank at SSE. The fosse is wide and flat-bottomed. The interior surface is uneven and slopes down to the E.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 20 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.