Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killeenoghty, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.