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Moated site

Dohora, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Dohora, 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
Dohora
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924).
Coordinates
52.49133, -8.71363
SMR number
LI030-110----

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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)
  • 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

In undulating pasture, 255m E of a townland boundary with Carrow. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a substantial rectangular-shaped earthwork (79m E-W; 50m N-S). Described by Westropp, (1916-17, 22) as a straight-sided fort in the townland of Bohora, assumed to refer to Dohora. Monument is visible as a very faint, rectangular-shaped cropmark (75m E-W; 50m N-S) with a slightly smaller rectangular-shaped cropmark (60m NE-SW; 30m N-S) adjoining to S, on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/02/2009 and 16/03/2016.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009 and 16/03/2016

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 22 October 2020

References

Westropp, T.J. 1916-17 On certain typical earthworks and ring walls in Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 33C, 9-42, 444-92.

Nearby in the register

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

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