Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cappanihane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappanihane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.43012, -8.76778
- SMR number
- LI038-127001-
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying pasture. Roughly-circular area (diam. 26.3m N-S; 29.1m E-W) enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) with shallow external fosse (D 0.3m). Field fences abut bank to E and NW. Entrance on W side (Wth 1.7m) has dry-stone walling (H c. 0.5m) on S side. Immediately inside entrance, on S side, is slightly raised D-shaped area (4.5m x 2m; H c. 0.4m); this possibly remains of 'burial ground for children' indicated in this area on 1840 OS 6-inch map (LI038-127002-).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.