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Earthwork

Cloghaready South, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Cloghaready South, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloghaready South
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.49805, -8.33440
SMR number
LI033-056----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 wet pasture 50m S of the townland boundary with Knockeravella and 40m W of a field boundary that marks the boundary with County Tipperary. Moated Site (TS057-019004-) 175m to SW. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (dims. c. 17m N-S; 20m E-S) defined by a fosse. Described in 1960-1964 as a; ’Platform 87 feet (26.5m) in diameter with traces of a bank at its edge and encircled by a 9 feet (2.7m) wide ditch which has traces of an outer bank. Platform 6 feet (1.8m) high. This earthwork is excellently preserved. Marked on the O.S. map close to the county boundary’ (O’Dwyer 1960-1964, 96; Cloghaready South, 64). Outline of monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018 shows extensive drainage ditches, running NE-SW, some have been excavated to the N and S of the monument and truncate the fosse at S.

See attached Google earth orthoimages and profile drawn by O'Dwyer

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 29 March 2021

References

O'Dwyer, M. 1964 A Survey of the earthworks of the district of Old Pallasgrean (concluded). North Munster Antiquarian Journal 9, 94-8.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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