Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castle-Erkin South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle-Erkin South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.59106, -8.43545
- SMR number
- LI014-087----
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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 a SE-facing slope in rolling pasture with good views from NE to SW. The monument is evident as a roughly circular area (20.5m NW-SE; 17.5m SW-NE) defined by a scarped edge (Wth c. 5m; H 2.3m), withan external fosse (Wth 4.2m; D. 0.5m) from NW to NE. The interior slopes down to SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.