Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Castle-Erkin South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle-Erkin South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.59092, -8.43288
- SMR number
- LI014-088001-
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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 gentle SE-facing slope in undulating pasture with good views. Earthwork associated with the levelled site of ‘Castle Erkin’ (LI014-088002-). Site visited in 2005 and described as a sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. 60m N-S x 20m E-W) defined to S and E by a scarp (Wth 7.9m; H 0.9m). Cropmark of rectangular-shaped enclosure visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 20011-2013. This cropmark may represent the levelled remains of Castle Erkin or possibly the enclosing bank of a bawn surrounding the castle.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 3 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.