Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Killard, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killard
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.47701, -9.04850
- SMR number
- LI028-135----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope and just below top of low rise. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked trapezoidal enclosure (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m SW-NE) and as trapezoidal field on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. According to local information, enclosure and surrounding field boundaries levelled in 1979, with enclosing bank on N side c. 2m high with an external fosse. Slight rise noted in area of site with scarp (H 0.55m) evident NNW->NE. Listed as a moated site by Barry (Barry 1981, 84; site no. 25)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.