Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcolman (shanid By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolman (shanid By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54044, -9.08327
- SMR number
- LI019-189----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gentle E-facing slope into river valley. Roughly circular area (29.9m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.9m; ext. H 2.45m). Bank is best preserved S->W, but lowers W->N (ext. H 1.45m). Break in bank (Wth 1.8m) at SSE. Interior, under pasture but with bushes growing along verge N->W, slopes down gently to E.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.