Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonpasteen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonpasteen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.39937, -8.94287
- SMR number
- LI045-003----
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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. Monument, depicted as embanked oval enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been partially levelled and incorporated into pasture field. Enclosure now evident as oval area (36m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.55m; Wth 6.8m), with an external fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 2m) SW->WSW. Field boundary runs along top of scarped edge NW->NE; boundary running S from SE edge of enclosure has been removed. Farm trackway skirts E side of site. Interior slopes slightly down to W, and is under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.