Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockroe (coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (coonagh By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52627, -8.36805
- SMR number
- LI033-071001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 improved pasture on the lower W facing slope of Derk Hill the summit of which (OD 781 ft.) lies 860m to E. A watercourse marking the townland boundary with Knockderk lies 35m to E. Ringfort (LI033-026----) lies 225m to W and enclosure (LI033-074002-) 85m to E. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 133; AP 4/3629) as a circular-shaped cropmark. Visible as a roughly circular-shaped depression (diam. c. 30m) on OSi orthophotos taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 March 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.