Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlefarm, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefarm
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.48955, -8.43729
- SMR number
- LI032-145----
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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
Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This is a circular earthen platform which does not seem to have a fosse. There is no bank on the platform or around it. Its maximum height is 6' [1.8m] and its overall diameter is 100' [30m]. it is situated in poor, wet low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 179). The outline of the monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 27 February 2020
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