Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilcaskin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcaskin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI022-176----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated ringfort within the townland of Kilcaskin described in 1942-3 as following; 'The bank is composed of earth and gravel. Inside it is a waterlogged fosse, which surrounds a circular level space the surface of which is about 2' [0.6m] higher than the fosse bottom, but is considerably lower than the field level outside. The bank is broken in three places, anyone of which may have been the entrance. For discussion of this type of earthwork see Part I of this paper in N. Munst. Ant. Jour. 111, (1942), 90, and Fig. 5, p. 88' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 230).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 2 March 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.