Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killonan (Clanwilliam By., Ballyvarra ED), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killonan (Clanwilliam By., Ballyvarra ED)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64241, -8.51748
- SMR number
- LI014-092----
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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 poorly drained, gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (31m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.9m; H 0.2m), with an external fosse (Wth 1.15m; D 0.2m) S to NW. A short section of an external bank (Wth 4.8m; ext. H 0.2m) is evident at SW. There is a dip in the scarp at ENE (Wth 2m) and a causeway across the fosse at NW (Wth 6.4m), also a partial causeway across the fosse at SW (Wth 2.5m). The interior surface is uneven where shallow quarrying may have taken place.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.