Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilnamona, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnamona
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.46533, -8.89025
- SMR number
- LI037-030----
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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 pasture, on slight E-facing slope. Sub-circular area (diam. c. 42m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 4m). Inner bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.1m) completes full circuit but external bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2m) only evident SSW->NNE. Interior level and lightly overgrown with whitethorns. At base of inner bank to W is fulacht fiadh (LI037-106---).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.