Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Caherelly West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherelly West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54223, -8.51813
- SMR number
- LI023-221----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On low-lying, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the flood plain of the Camoge River, which lies 125m to SW. Ring-barrow (LI023-275----) lies 220m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 135: AP 4/3657). Outline of rectangular-shaped enclosure visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 135.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 8 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.