Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockroe (coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (coonagh By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.52210, -8.38151
- SMR number
- LI033-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture 1800m W of the summit of Derk Hill (OD 781 ft.). Ringfort (LI033-018----) 150m to NE. Monument depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped platform (diam. 24m) defined by fosse, intersected at SW by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Depicted as circular-shaped earthwork on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 25m) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) and fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.3m) from NNW-NNE. Outline of monument visible as a cropmark in NW corner of field on OSi orthophotos 2005-2012. On Google Earth orthoimage dated 27/03/2017 visible as a cropmark and field amalgamation has seen the removal of field boundary to N. The monument is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 22 March 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.