Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilbradran, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbradran
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.53822, -9.04798
- SMR number
- LI019-130----
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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 gentle SW-facing slope of river valley. Oval area (42m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2m). Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m) has remains of stone-facing (L 4m) along upper third of external face at NNW. Outer bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.9m) has been removed NNW->NE. A dump of stones (2.4m N-S; 2.3m E-W; H 7m) straddles fosse at NNW. Level interior covered with nettles.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.