Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Blackabbey, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackabbey
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56454, -8.80064
- SMR number
- LI021-153----
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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 low-lying and wet, level pasture with restricted views in all directions, 500m SW of the River Maigue. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a possible enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study in (Ref. 28/A/1, p. 38). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Area of possible monument is now incorporated into a housing development visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 4 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Trinitariansunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.