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Field system

Monaster South, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Monaster South, 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
Monaster South
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.51607, -8.66094
SMR number
LI031-051001-

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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

In rough pasture, 100m SE of the 12th century Cistercian abbey of Monasteranenagh (LI031-050004-) and 132m S of the Camoge River. Abbey Ville House and walled garden 130m to SW. Not depicted on OSi maps. Traces of earthworks are visible to the N of Monasteranenagh Abbey on oblique aerial photograph taken 17/07/1968 (CUCAP AVQ087). A modern laneway runs E-W to the north of the linear features. Traces of relic field system associated with abbey visible as linear earthworks with trace of relic field boundary running NW-SE on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.

See attached CUCAP and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 23 March 2021

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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