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Mound

Morgans North, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Morgans North, 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
Morgans North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.61955, -9.01789
SMR number
LI010-132----

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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

On the S edge of an inlet of the Shannon Estuary, c. 20m to WNW of a small stream and its confluence with the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 1999 as a mound (Site 17) by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Described as a mound orientated WNW-ESE which is covered solely in hawthorn trees. At ground level on the SW side is a recess in the fabric of the mound which is lined with two parallel drystone walls approximately 2m apart. The fabric of the mound is a dark gritty sand which is in contrast to the surrounding clay subsoil. Monument is visible as a scrub-covered mound on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or Google Earth orthoimages taken 29/03/2012

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 8 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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