Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeline, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeline
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.44176, -9.05060
- SMR number
- LI036-076----
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 grounds of golf course, on slight N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (25.8m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 6m) which is most prominent NW->E but barely evident E->NW. Interior slopes slightly down to N and is under grass. A field drain skirts enclosure 8m to E. A field boundary which lay short distance S of enclosure has been removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.