Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltanna, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltanna
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.45397, -8.96347
- SMR number
- LI037-008002-
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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 level pasture. Circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.45m) with an external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 0.8m); level berm (Wth 4m) separates bank from fosse. Much of fosse infilled with dumped material. Western half of site is covered by dense overgrowth, but otherwise interior is level and under pasture. Conjoined on N side to similar enclosure (LI037-00801-); outer line of the southern enclosure is 4m due south of outer line of the fosse of northern enclosure.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.