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Cliff-edge fort

Mounttrenchard, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cliff-edge fort, Mounttrenchard, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Mounttrenchard
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923
Coordinates
52.59156, -9.16125
SMR number
LI009-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on the N bank of the Glashanagark River. A sub-circular area (31m N-S; 34.6m E-W) enclosed SW->SE by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse, and defined SE->SW by a steep natural slope forming the N bank of the river. The enclosing element is most pronounced at N: inner bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 0.7m); outer bank (int. H 0.45; ext. H 0.7m); intervening fosse (Wth 2m). However, its profile is much more gradual at E and W: inner bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m); outer bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.15m); intervening fosse (Wth 2m). Causeway entrance (Wth 3.75m) at NE; cattle have eroded a path across both banks at SW. The interior slopes down to the S following the natural gradient; its surface is poorly drained. Near the centre is a waterlogged depression (diam. 1.7m; D 0.3m). The entire site is under grass but there are some trees growing along the outer bank.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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