What is recorded here
On reclaimed flat pasture adjacent to the S bank of the River Maigue. Depicted as a D-shaped field enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an embanked D-shaped fort (ext. diam. c. 26m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) backing onto the River Maigue with a curving ditch and external bank (Wth. 8m; L. 45m) to the SW. The site is not visible on either the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The monument is partially visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016; 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. The siting is not typical for ringfort in County Limerick and has parallels with LI006-001----. See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 1 October 2020
On reclaimed flat pasture adjacent to the S bank of the River Maigue. Depicted as a D-shaped field enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an embanked D-shaped fort (ext. diam. c. 26m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) backing onto the River Maigue with a curving ditch and external bank (Wth. 8m; L. 45m) to the SW. The site is not visible on either the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-066
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- SteveODowd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Callanmurphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- John Baker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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