Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockfennell, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockfennell
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52461, -8.53241
- SMR number
- LI032-183----
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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
On Knockfennell, in improved elevated pasture, overlooking Lough Gur 360m to SE and 50m E of a townland boundary with Grange. Hut sites (LI032-014007-/008-) lie 80m to ESE and enclosure (LI032-338----) lies 90m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 138: AP 4/3641). Monument is visible as a semi-circular-shaped cropmark (C 44m) defined by what appears to be a fosse-like depression from W-N-E which has been used as an agricultural driveline on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. Of doubtful antiquity.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 12 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.