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Ringfort - cashel

Killeenoghty, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Killeenoghty, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killeenoghty
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated (1923)
Coordinates
52.54971, -8.69400
SMR number
LI022-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture with moderate views in all directions, 105m E of townland boundary with Ballygriffin, 156m W of townland boundary with Fearoe and 271m SE of townland boundary with Ballylusky. Present remains consist of slightly raised oval shaped area (25m N-S x 38m E-W) defined by relic stone wall from NW to E (dims. int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m; Wth 4.5m) and stone wall from E to SW, a farm track running N-S truncates site at W. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. The monument is visible as a D-shaped tree-lined enclosure with interior clear of overgrowth on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 2020.

See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 4 August 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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