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Outlined — Liffane

Enclosure

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Overview

Outlined — Liffane is recorded as Enclosure in Limerick. In pasture with extensive rock outcropping in land to the W and N. Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: In pasture with extensive rock outcropping in land to the W and N.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth Orthoimage taken 08/04/2015.

What was found

The saved account records: Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map.

What remains

The saved account records: Shown as a small sub-circular shaped field (approx.

Why it mattered

Outlined — Liffane matters because the source ties enclosure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: 20m) and not as an antiquity on the 1897 OS 25-inch map.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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