Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Barnakyle, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barnakyle
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Partially outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59736, -8.70054
- SMR number
- LI012-129----
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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 320m W of Green Mount House. Depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map as a partial curve in the field boundary which may indicate the location of an enclosure. This curving field boundary is not depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Located with an X on the OS map by Celie O’Rahilly, archaeologist, Limerick Corporation in advance of the development of Limerick Racecourse. Faint cropmark of possible enclosure visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 02/07/2018. Faint outline of enclosure visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 24 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.