Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cromwell, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cromwell
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50005, -8.37847
- SMR number
- LI033-079002-
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 pasture on the SE slope of Cromwell Hill. Possible earthwork (LI033-079001-) lies 20m to NE and earthwork (LI033-171----) 30m to N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 120; AP 5/2024) as an enclosure. Monument is visible as a sub-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 37m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a bank on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial image labelled Bruff 120 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 7 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.