Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Shanid Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanid Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.54769, -9.11249
- SMR number
- LI019-084----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope into valley. Sub-rectangular area (31m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (Wth 0.9m; D 0.15m) NE->SSE. Bank (int. H 1.47m; ext. H 1.65m), best preserved SSW->WNW, incorporated into linear N field boundary NNW->NE. Bank lowers and becomes scarp-like WNW->NW, ESE->SSW with gap (Wth 3.3m) at S. Interior under pasture, has a very gentle slope down to the N.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.