Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Loughgur, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughgur
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52126, -8.51022
- SMR number
- LI032-322----
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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 pasture on S facing slope of Knockroe Hill at the NE tip of Lough Gur, which lies 680m to W. Stone circle (LI032-060----) lies 25m to NW, burial mound (LI032-059----) 25m to SW and site of mound (LI032-321----) 15m to NE. Not depicted on any OSi maps. Identified by Geophysical survey (fluxgate gradiometer survey) in 2008 as Feature 7 in Area 2 and described as follows; ‘The second anomaly [7], located several metres to the southwest of [6] [LI032-0321----], comprises a sub-circular ring of negative magnetic gradient, about 1.5m in width and 8m in diameter, and may denote the remains of some type of stone structure, with a possible entrance on the north-northeast. In addition to a discrete pit-type anomaly in its eastern quadrant, two faint, interconnecting positive lineations [8] located just outside it are also of potential interest insofar as they could conceivably represent slot-trenches for some form of fencing’ (Cleary 2008, 42). No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached location maps of Geophysical Survey taken from Cleary 2008
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 2 April 2021
References
Cleary, R. 2008 Lough Gur: A Landscape Survey. Unpublished report submitted to the Heritage Council. Department of Archaeology. University College Cork.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - embankedunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.