What is recorded here
In pasture 320m W of Green Mount House. Depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map as a partial curve in the field boundary which may indicate the location of an enclosure. This curving field boundary is not depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Located with an X on the OS map by Celie O’Rahilly, archaeologist, Limerick Corporation in advance of the development of Limerick Racecourse. Faint cropmark of possible enclosure visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 02/07/2018. Faint outline of enclosure visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 24 June 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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