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
- Rathcahill - Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.40772, -9.10494
- SMR number
- LI044-005----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 dry pasture. Circular area (diam. 60m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.4m) with external fosse (Wth. 3.4m; D 1.35m). Gap in bank (Wth 2.8m) and causeway (Wth 7m) across fosse at W. Interior level and under grass.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 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.