Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathbranagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbranagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54635, -8.71766
- SMR number
- LI021-125----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a slight S-facing slope, in undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified as an oval-shaped earthwork on 1:4000 aerial photographs (ACC 14, No. 9214). Site of monument visited by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.
See attached aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 31 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.