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Moated site

Brackyle, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Brackyle, 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
Brackyle
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56483, -8.30982
SMR number
LI024-167----

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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 poorly drained pasture 60m E of public road. Enclosure (LI024-312----) located 85m to NE, enclosure (LI024-168----) 130m to E. Not depicted on OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 113; AP 4/3676) as the cropmark of a rectangular-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 42m N-S x 40m E-W). OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 shows a number of linear features running E-W that may represent land drainage channels. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. Could be the remains of post-1700 land reclamation works rather than the remains of a possible moated site.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 113.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 24 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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