Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Greenish Island, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenish Island
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62807, -9.00744
- SMR number
- LI010-161----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 S side of Greenish Island, in pasture, near the confluence of the River Deel and the River Shannon. Monument visible as a D-shaped area (approx. dims. 37m E-W x 31m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank on S promontory of Greenish Island with large enclosure (LI010-045----) 85m to N. Outline of monument clearly visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthophotos taken 20/10/2010.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.