Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liskennett East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liskennett East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.47756, -8.76098
- SMR number
- LI030-102----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on NE-facing hillside; up-slope planted with coniferous woodland which encroaches on verge of site SSE->NNW. Circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.9m; ext. H 3.55m) with external fosse (D 1.65m; Wth 1.95m). Enclosing element, which is covered by dense overgrowth, has steeper profile on up-slope (SW) side. Causeway entrance (Wth 4.9m) at ENE. Adjacent field boundaries have been removed but part of stone wall abutting fosse at SE may be remnant.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.