Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmihil (connello Upper By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmihil (connello Upper By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.46055, -8.85469
- SMR number
- LI037-040----
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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 (45m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 2m) with external fosse (D 0.6m; Wth 1.4m). Break (Wth 2m) in bank at W. There is stone facing on outer face of bank at NW. Interior, under pasture, generally level but with slight trace of cultivation ridges.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.