Moated site in Liskennett West, County Limerick

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In forestry, on a N-facing slope, 20m E of a townland boundary with Kilmacanearla South. Ringfort (LI030-097----) lies 75m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular-shaped enclosure on GSI aerial photo (R.546). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1996 and described as access not gained. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped earthwork (21m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) on Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015 and 16/03/2016. Obscured by a self-seeded woodland area, to N of a forest road running WNW-ESE on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/09/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015, 16/03/2016 and 24/09/2018 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 October 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-098

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dromin Athlacca Banogue club; individual photographer not named, drominathlaccabanogue.clubzap.com

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