Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltenan North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltenan North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53339, -8.84363
- SMR number
- LI020-128----
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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 gently undulating pasture. Oval area (23m E-W; 19.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.6m), with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 2m) ENE->SE and S->WNW. A lime kiln (LI020-153---) has been built into bank at NW and its ramp crosses the interior (L 15m; Wth 2.6m). Gaps in bank at NNE (Wth 3.8m) and SE (Wth 3.8m). Level interior under pasture. Immediately N of enclosing element is E-W field boundary.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.