Enclosure in Moohane, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, 180m SW of the Camoge River which also marks a townland boundary with Herbertstown (O’Grady). Enclosures (LI032-07902-/07901-) lie 190m and 220m to NE, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Grogan (1989, 242) as a circular-shaped cropmark and labelled as ‘Moohane 2’. Cropmark of circular shaped feature (diam. c. 23m) visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012 which may be 'Moohane 2'. Faint outline visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI032-078

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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