Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockaderry, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaderry
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisadale - Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.46571, -8.97991
- SMR number
- LI037-005----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on slight SW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (42m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m), with external fosse (Wth 3.4m) NW->S and external earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.1m) WNW->NE. Outer face of external bank is stone faced at NW; external bank is incorporated in field boundary NW->SSE. Interior of site slopes gently down to S and is under rough pasture covered by mature beech trees.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.