Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcolman West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolman West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47581, -8.94384
- SMR number
- LI029-087----
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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 pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Sub-circular area (29m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.2m) E->SSW and WSW->NNW. Bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m), best preserved along W arc, clipped by field boundary NNW->NNE. Entrance at E (Wth 3.4m); cattle breaks across bank at SSE (Wth 1.6m) and SSW (Wth 1.4m). Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.