Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlefarm, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefarm
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.48032, -8.42773
- SMR number
- LI032-150----
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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 1942-3 as following; 'This monument consists of a low platform around which there is a fosse, an outer bank and an outer fosse. The entrance is on the north-east side, where there is a gap about 10' [3m] wide in the bank and the fosses are causewayed. The platform is 6' [1.8m] high over the fosse-bottom and the overall diameter is 295' [90m]. The outer fosse and bank have been cut away on the north and east sides in the making of fences' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 237). Upstanding monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 20/07/1968 (CUCAP AVT024). Cropmark of levelled enclosure barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 March 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
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