Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Knocknabooly East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknabooly East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58261, -9.14498
- SMR number
- LI018-028----
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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 pasture; on E-W ridge, at foot of S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by collapsed dry-stone wall (int. H c. 0.8m; ext. H c. 1m; Wth top c. 0.8m). Wall facing survives with coursing visible in many areas. No entrance feature apparent. Interior inaccessible due to dense overgrowth of trees and bushes. Rock outcrop short distance to W of site may be quarry for stones used in wall.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.