Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Stonehall, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stonehall
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.60319, -8.86415
- SMR number
- LI011-074----
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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 pasture, on S-facing slope immediately below brow of hill. Roughly circular area (32m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by dry-stone wall (int. H 2.05m; ext. H 1.6m), best preserved NW->ENE. Wall has vertical external face containing large blocks of limestone, stones heaped against inner face give slumped profile. Wall much collapsed along N arc with gap (Wth 2.25m) at E. Interior, sloping down to the S, is covered by cultivation ridges on E-W axis.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.