Earthwork in Brickfield, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on slight SSE-facing slope at S base of broad E-W running ridge, with good views from SE-SW. An enclosure (LI055-007001-) lies 100m to the NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area defined by a scarp. Not shown on subsequent editions. Surveyed 1999 and described as no surface remains visible. Faint cropmark visible of levelled earthwork on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. Faint trace of circular cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage date 4/4/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 November 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI055-007002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Effin GAA (former official Wix home page publisher); individual photographer not named, www.effingaa.ie
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Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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Munster GAA Post Primary Schools; individual photographer not named, munster.gaa.ie
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