Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Knockanea, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanea
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60808, -8.46028
- SMR number
- LI014-147----
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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 in undulating reclaimed pasture, E of a small tributary of the Groody River and W of two ringforts (LI014-043/-044----) located 115m and 150m to E respectively. Field system possibly associated with two ringfort that was inspected in 2005 and described as consisting of several earthen banks, fosses and mounds visible in two fields. Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2005-2012 shows numerous earthworks in the fields some of which may be drainage channels related to to land reclamation and some of which may be a relict field system associated with the nearby ringforts.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.