Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Town defences
Croom, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croom
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51710, -8.71985
- SMR number
- LI030-025009-
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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
A murage grant is recorded as having been awarded to Croom in 1310 (Ir. Rec. Comm. 1829, 42). It is not known if any defences were constructed and there are no known surviving traces of such. (Bradley et.al. 1989, 119)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 July 2015
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - county Limerick (3 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.