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 (1901)
- Coordinates
- 52.54621, -9.19070
- SMR number
- LI018-085----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, atop low rise; site bordered on two sides by streams flowing north which meet short distance to N of site. Formerly circular area (diam. 18m E-W) has been truncated on S side by an E-W field boundary leaving D-shaped area (18m E-W; 15.5m N-S) defined by scarped edge (H 0.75m; Wth 3m) SW->SE, and otherwise enclosed by the field boundary. Interior is level and covered by tall grass.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.