Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Roxborough, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roxborough
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghaonawney - Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.60910, -8.60464
- SMR number
- LI013-048----
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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
Situated immediately E of a field boundary which runs N-S along a road. The monument is heavily masked by deciduous tree vegetation at its extremities and a dense cover of nettles and brambles in the interior. It is depicted on the1924 OS 6-inch map as a roughly square area (c. 40m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse. It survives as a rectangular area enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 2.1m; ext. H 2m), more substantial to the S and E. There is a gap in the bank at NW (Wth 2m) and there is a possible entrance causeway at N (Wth 7.5m). The fosse (Wth. 2m; ext. H 0.1m) is most evident on the N. E and S sides. The interior is strewn with loose stones and slopes down gently to NE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 28 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.