Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Shanaclogh West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanaclogh West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.52382, -8.25474
- SMR number
- LI033A003----
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 reclaimed pasture, 100m E of townland boundary with Gortakilleen. Spring well annotated 'Tobernafinnoge' 95m to NNE. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as circular-shaped area (diam. c. 26m) defined by a fosse. Described in 1960 as; ‘One half of platform missing. Diameter of remaining part is 51 feet [15.5m]; 5 feet [1.5m] over field level. Has an 18 foot [5.4m] wide continuous ditch’ (O’Dwyer 1958-61, 115; Shanaclogh West 56). The monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-22 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. A linear cropmark running E-W is visible to the W of the enclosure with post-1700 field system in field to the W.
See attached drawing by O’Dwyer and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 21 April 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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.