Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Coolnahila (palmer), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnahila (palmer)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured - Indicated (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.65054, -8.44995
- SMR number
- LI006-051----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In woodland Immediately E of a stream that forms the townland boundary with Maddyboy and approx. 75m E of a public road. The 18th century Clonshavoy House stands 280m to S. The earthwork is depicted as a small rectangular field and not as an antiquity on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts a raised irregular-shaped area (int. dims. 45m NW-SE, 33m SE-NW) defined by a scarp. The interior has been planted with trees which suggests that this may have been a post-1700 tree-ring, possibly associated with Clonshavoy House. Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 shows the tree-covered earthwork delimited by field boundaries at E and W. Doubtful antiquity could be the remains of a landscaped feature associated with Clonshavoy House.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 10 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.