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Ringfort - rath

Knockroe (Clanwilliam By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockroe, 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
Knockroe (Clanwilliam By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Raheenroe - Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.58424, -8.48353
SMR number
LI023-024----

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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 pasture, on an E-facing slope with excellent views NW-S. Monument has been levelled but is still evident as oval area (c. 21m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by remains of fosse (Wth 5.95m; Dth 0.6m) S-NW and levelled scarp NW-S largely indistinct from hill-slope. Monument is cut into upslope to W and raised on E-side to compensate for hill-slope. Two mature trees grow on scarp at E.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 1 November 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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