Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Riddlestown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Riddlestown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53290, -8.98509
- SMR number
- LI020-096----
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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 SE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank with vertical stone facing (H 1.4m; Wth 0.8m) on the outside; Top of bank is flat topped (Wth 2m) and then slopes gradually down (H 1.3m; Wth 4.8m) towards interior. Break in enclosing element at SE (Wth 2.7m) has been blocked-up; a second break at NE (Wth 3m) has straight sides which appear to be of recent manufacture. At foot of stone facing E->SSW is a flat-topped berm (Wth 3.8m; H 0.35m); this fades out at E but terminated at SSW where a recent gateway abuts against stone facing. Level interior under pasture and slopes down gently to S.
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.