Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeen (Glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (Glenquin By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.35243, -8.96320
- SMR number
- LI054-003----
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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, at W end of break in W-facing slope, immediately to W of stream. Circular area (diam. 26.6m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m). Bank best preserved S->NW, lowers and becomes scarp-like elsewhere particularly at ESE where it borders stream. Gap (Wth 2.8m) in bank at SW. Waterlogged area (D 0.4m) skirts along base of bank SW->NW varying in width from c. 2 to 3m. Interior, under rough pasture, dips down towards centre; NE quadrant is used as rubbish dump.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.