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Ringfort - rath

Knockanea, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockanea, 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
Knockanea
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.60784, -8.45719
SMR number
LI014-044----

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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

Situated in low-lying pasture with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a circular area (16.6m N-S; 15.5m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3m; H 0.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 2m) and an external bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth 2m; ext. H 0.25m). There is a reduction in the height of the scarp to S (Wth. 3.7m) and it has been eroded at NE and SE. The fosse is evident from NE to SE and SW to NNE. The external bank is intermittent from NE to SE, and from SW to NW. The interior is uneven and slopes down to S.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 20 June 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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