Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathcahill East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcahill East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.41164, -9.10686
- SMR number
- LI044-004----
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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 E-facing slope. Roughly D-shaped area (44m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intermediate fosse (Wth 5.2m). Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.8m) in very straight on W side though external bank (int. H 1.85m; ext. H 1.35m) is more rounded. Causeway entrance at NNE (Wth 4m). Gap (Wth 5m) in both bank at SSW probably caused by cattle accessing interior. Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 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.