Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Knockroe (coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (coonagh By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.53197, -8.37380
- SMR number
- LI024-069----
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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 high ground, on steep NE-facing slope, in pasture, with excellent views from W-N-E to Derk Hill and Knockseefin. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as an oval-shaped area (22m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 4.5m; H 2.2m) visible from W-N-E, where the interior has been raised to compensate for hillslope. The interior has a NE-facing slope and is grass covered. A hollow area (5.7m NW-SE; 4m NE-SW; D 0.5m) visible towards the centre and a second hollow (6m NW–SE; 6m NE–SW) lies 1.5m to NNE could be the remains of two small ditch-barrows. A curvilinear field boundary encloses the monument from SE-S-W-NW and a linear boundary running NW-SE intersects the site at NE. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on ASI aerial photographs (ASIAP 353, 23) taken 05/01/2003. Monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 18/11/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 July 2020
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.