Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonlahard East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlahard East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53507, -9.19099
- SMR number
- LI018-084----
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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 low-lying marshy terrain, on W side of stream. Oval area (22m N-S; 32.8m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.25m; ext. H 2m), with very shallow external fosse (D c. 0.1m; Wth c. 2m) SE->NW, and with stream immediately outside bank NW->SE. Break (Wth c. 5m) in bank at NNE faces directly onto stream, but no other entrance evident. Interior slopes down gently to NE following line of surrounding terrain. Entire site is covered by trees and bushes.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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