Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Grange (smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (smallcounty By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51744, -8.53767
- SMR number
- LI032-011003-
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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 rocky pasture on the summit of Ardaghlooda, a rocky ridge / hill overlooking and adjacent to Lough Gur which forms the E boundary of the site. The field system overlies three enclosures on the hill (LI032-011001/002/004-) and is located around a standing stone (LI032-010002-). A historic road (LI032-010001-) known as 'Cladh na Leac' forms the W boundary of the field system. The great stone circle at Grange (LI032-004001-) is located 220m W.
The field system is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map nor is it depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map or on the Cassini OSi 6-inch map. It is visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified as a relic field system by Ó Ríordáin (1951, 40 and 1954, 454) who describes the site as ‘field fences and enclosure’ and O’Kelly and O’Kelly (1981, 36) who notes a circular enclosure, several hut sites and system of ancient fields. The field system consists of 5 parallel field boundaries orientated E-W (ext. dims. 330m N-S; 265m E-W) spaced between 25-95m apart. There are also N-S walls linking the field boundaries. Field boundaries within the field system clearly overlie and cut through the earlier circular enclosures (LI032-011001-; LI032-011002- and LI032-011004-). The field system is tied into the E bank along the sunken roadway (LI032-010001-) suggesting they are contemporary. The field system is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 16/03/2016; 25/03/2017 and 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 3 November 2020
References
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1951 Lough Gur excavations: the
great stone circle (B) in Grange townland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 54C, 37-74.
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1954 Lough Gur excavations: Neolithic and Bronze Age houses on Knockadoon. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 56C, 297-460.
O'Kelly, C. 1978 (3rd ed.) Illustrated guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne monuments. Cork. Author.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.