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Field system

Greenmount, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Greenmount, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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 Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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