Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
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
- 52.57307, -9.14173
- SMR number
- LI018-029----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying marshy area of coniferous wood. Oval area (c. 30m N-S; c. 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) with external fosse (Wth 2m; D c. 0.5m). Gap in bank (Wth c. 0.9m) at NW. Enclosure covered by dense growth of rough grasses and heather. Deep drainage dykes, which criss-cross the wood, clip enclosing fosse at a number of points.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.