Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skehanagh (connello Lower By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skehanagh (connello Lower By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.50858, -9.03106
- SMR number
- LI028-108----
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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 marshy pasture, at base of NE-facing slope and immediately S of stream. Circular area (17.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank NNE->E (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.35m) and defined E->NNE by scarped edge (H 1.1m; Wth 2m), with external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.3m) N->SSW. Scarp has been eroded by cattle, especially at NW. Gap at SE is covered by overgrowth. Interior, overgrown with nettles and briars, is level save for dip down in SE quadrant towards gap. Shallow drain (Wth 1.4m; D 0.2m) leads from fosse into stream at N. Field boundary, indicated on 1923 OS 6-inch map immediately S of enclosure, has been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Churchunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.