What is recorded here
On S side of Greenish Island, in pasture, near the confluence of the River Deel and the River Shannon. Monument visible as a D-shaped area (approx. dims. 37m E-W x 31m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank on S promontory of Greenish Island with large enclosure (LI010-045----) 85m to N. Outline of monument clearly visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthophotos taken 20/10/2010. See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-161
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Philip Halling, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roger McLachlan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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