Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcolman West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolman West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47501, -8.94236
- SMR number
- LI029-088----
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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 (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.55m; ext. H 1.6m); entire site is covered by dense overgrowth. Bank, best preserved along S arc, has two adjacent cattle breaks at SE (each Wth 2m); these give access to small paddock between enclosure and N-S field boundary short distance to E. Bank abutted by field boundaries at W, NE, and SSE. Earth-and-stone bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.5m) forms roughly D-shaped annex (8m N-S) on S side. Interior is covered by a thicket of briars and thorn.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.