Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockderk, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockderk
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52854, -8.35852
- SMR number
- LI033-033002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture on steep NW facing slope of Derk Hill. Possible ringfort (LI033-034----) 75m to SE; possible burial mound (LI033-033002-) 15m to S. Not depicted on OSi maps. Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument visible on OSi orthophotos 2005-2012 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) enclosed by a low bank with traces of linear features to E, S and NW which may be the remains of a field system. Described in 1960 as, ‘a platform 72 feet (22m) in diameter; has a raised edge and a depressed centre. On west side, which is steep, it is 9 feet (2.7m) over field level. There is a wide shallow ditch outside the platform except on the east side where it is not now visible’ (O’Dwyer 1960, 113; Knockderk 50). The monument is visible only as a cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 25/03/2017. Not visible today on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 22 March 2021
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.
Nearby in the register
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.