Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Liffane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liffane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.57238, -9.02438
- SMR number
- LI019-054----
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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
In pasture, on NE-facing hill slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), has been levelled on E side of N-S field boundary which dissects the site. On W side of field boundary is D-shaped area (16.5m N-S; 8.4m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.35m) SSE->N, and by dry-stone field wall (Wth 2m) along E side. No visible surface trace of enclosure beyond field boundary to E. Interior, covered with briars, is accessed through gate in field boundary at NE; it is noticeably lower than level of surrounding terrain (by c. 0.6m).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.