Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Garryduff (coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryduff (coonagh By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.54028, -8.26853
- SMR number
- LI024-088----
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
In level pasture with drainage channel immediately to S. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as an oval-shaped area (16m ENE-WSW; 8.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a low profile scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.18m). The interior is level and grass covered. A circular-shaped depression (5m E-W; 3.8m N-S) lies at the base of the scarp at S. Monument visible as an oval-shaped earthwork on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 21 July 2020
Nearby in the register
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- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.