Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Greenmount, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenmount
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59271, -8.68459
- SMR number
- LI013-068001-
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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 on W facing slope of a gentle ridge in rolling pasture, an enclosure (LI013-068003----) lies c. 10m to the NW and ringfort (LI013-068002----) 40m to the NW. Recorded as linear features by Celie O'Rahilly in 1995. The site was inspected in 2004 and described as a possible field system consisting of a ridge that has been scarped (Wth 6m; H 1m) and a bank (L 30m; Wth 3.2m; H 0.2m) runs from the scarp down the slope to W. Cropmark of possible field system visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Cropmark of field system visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos
Complied by: Fiona Rooney
Date upload: 29 June 2020
References
O’Rahilly, C 1995 Archaeological report for the proposed racecourse at Greenmount Co. Limerick. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.