Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickittle, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickittle
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.50949, -8.37600
- SMR number
- LI033-024----
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
Described by O'Kelly (1944, 16) as following; 'This is an oval platform on the edge of which there is a bank. A fosse is not now visible but there may have been one. It has been partially levelled on the E. side. The entrance is not recognisable. The overall measurements are 134' [40.8m] north-south by 90' [27.4m]'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 09 August 2019
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.