Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilpeacon, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpeacon
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58378, -8.63012
- SMR number
- LI022-028----
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 slight E-facing slope, 85m N of townland boundary with Newtown, on the demesne lands of Kilpeacon House located 430m to NW. Enclosure (LI022-21----) lies 85m to NW. Present remains consist of slightly raised ovoid-shaped area (dims. 27m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth 4.3m), interior level clear of overgrowth. Bank incorporated into field boundary from NE through to SSW, with disturbance at SSW. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a large circular shaped area enclosed by a scarp. Shown as a roughly oval-shaped quarry on 1897 OS 25-inch map. Likely that monument was partially quarried into between the map dates. Tree-covered area visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 28 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.