Enclosure in Killorath, County Limerick

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On flat pasture 75m N of the townland boundary with Meanus and 840m E of the Camoge River. Enclosure (LI031-143----) located 145m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. The site is visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as the W quarter of a circular enclosure incorporated into a modern field boundary. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 67: AP 4/3598) as an enclosure. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016 and 28/06/2018 (ext. diam. c. 50m N-S; 52m E-W) abutting a field boundary on its W side. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 67 and Google Earth Orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 16 October 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI031-194

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