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Ringfort - rath

Kilmihil (coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland

The record

Townland
Kilmihil (coshlea By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.36740, -8.55392
SMR number
LI048-045----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, 50m W of townland boundary with Ballygillane. An enclosure (LI047-099----) lies 110m to the W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 45m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as sub-circular shaped area defined by a scarp with a possible hutsite (dims. c. 6.5m N-S; 5m E-W) in SW quadrant on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 17 August 2021

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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