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Ringfort - rath

Kilteely, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilteely, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilteely
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.52090, -8.39460
SMR number
LI033-014----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In flat pasture 550 E of summit of Kilteely Hill (OD 580 ft.) and 100m S of townland boundary with Ballyvouden. Enclosure (LI033-012----) 160m to W. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 27m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) with a well to immediate NE.
Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 18m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 5.35m; H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m) from SSE-SW reduced to a scarp elsewhere and outer fosse (Wth 4.05m; base Wth 0.7m; D 0.35m) with gap (Wth 5.75m) at W which may be a modern feature. Raised area (LI033-153----) visible off centre in NW quadrant of interior, may be of archaeological significance. Monument intersected at W by a linear bank running NNW-SSW. The monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 3 April 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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