Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeedy South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeedy South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.37821, -9.06858
- SMR number
- LI044-102----
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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)
- 1869 · 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture. Roughly circular area (c. 40m N-S; c. 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 2.7m) NE->NW and defined by a scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 6.8m) NW->NE, with external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.75m) NE->NNW. Outer edge of fosse has recently been re-cut at NE. Interior level, and most of it is covered by dense overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.