Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cahirguillamore (smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahirguillamore (smallcounty By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.52222, -8.58084
- SMR number
- LI031-043----
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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
Monument described by O'Kelly (1942-3, 233) as following; 'This consists of a circular platform of earth. There is no bank at its edge. It is surrounded by a fosse which is water-logged. The entrance is on the north-east side where there is a causeway leading on to the platform. Immediately to the south-west and just outside the fosse is a small pond fed from an underground spring. The platform is 4' [1.2m] high over the fosse-bottom and the overall diameter is 165' [50m]. It is situated in wet low-land'.
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.