Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockaunroe, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunroe
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.53598, -8.36499
- SMR number
- LI024-071----
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
On NW-facing slope, in pasture, with excellent views from SW-W-N-NE. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (27m E-W; 25m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth 5.15m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.65m) visible from W-N and reduced to a scarp (H H 0.65m) from N-NNE-NE, with external fosse (Wth 6.9m; D 1.3m) is visible from E-S-WSW. The monument is cut into the upslope on S side and raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. The interior has a gentle NW-facing slope. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on ASI aerial photogrpahs (ASIAP 133, 1; 353, 3) taken 23/08/2000 and 05/01/2003. Visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 19 July 2020
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
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