Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oolahills East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oolahills East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53219, -8.24633
- SMR number
- LI025-036----
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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 sloping pasture on the NW side of a ridge 450m NE of Oola Hill. The townland boundary with Oolahills West is 250m to W and Oola or Cullen’s Castle (LI033A008002-) lies 520m to SE. The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The enclosure is visible as a circular enclosure on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Denis Power on Bing aerial photos in 2014 as a circular enclosure surrounded by a fosse (ext. diam. c. 28m). The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 11/03/2014 and 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 24 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.