Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Morgans North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Morgans North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.62076, -9.04519
- SMR number
- LI010-026----
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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 low-lying marshy area overgrown by gorse with frequent outcrops of limestone. Roughly rectangular area (35.6m E-W; 30m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (D 0.5m; Base Wth. 1.6m) W->E. Enclosing element E->W recently levelled but is evident as line of loose stony earth. Interior seems to be slightly raised above level of surrounding terrain; surface uneven and showing signs of recent disturbance. Marking present end of bank on E side is large limestone boulder (H 1.1m; 1.9m x 0.3m) embedded in the ground.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.