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What is recorded here

Deserted settlement earthworks beside a thirteenth-century Augustinian nunnery in County Limerick. Lynchet terraces still mark the fields to the north and northwest, suggesting women lived, worked and shaped the land before the place emptied. What is missing is not structure but witness; the nunnery is named, dated and located, while the settlement remains a shadow beside it.

Possible medieval settlement earthworks associated with 13th century Augustinian nunnery (LI019-026009-) which are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken 20/07/1968 (CUCAP AVS097-8). A series of linear earthworks forming a series of terraces indicative of strip lynchets running across the fields are visible to the N and NW of the nunnery on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-13. Possible medieval settlement and cultivation earthworks associated with medieval settlement and farming belonging to the Augustinian Nunnery. See attached aerial photographs taken 1968 showing earthworks in field to the N and NW of the Augustinian nunnery. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 14 July 2020

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