Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcolman East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolman East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47657, -8.93552
- SMR number
- LI029-090----
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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, near base of hill. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now truncated by horse-training platform ESE->WSW. It now survives as D-shaped area (33m N-S; 37.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.65m), with external fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.5m) WSW->ESE. Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.