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Earthwork

Knockroe (Coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Knockroe, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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