Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Oolahills East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oolahills East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.52816, -8.24221
- SMR number
- LI033A008001-
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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, 95m W of townland boundary with Ballybeg. Oola Castle (LI033A008002-) centrally located within the interior and deserted medieval settlement (LI033A007----) to the NW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a rectangular shaped platform (dims. c. 19m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) defined by a scarp, with causeway entrance at SE. the hachures on this map refer to the natural rock outcrop platform on top of which Oola Castle stands. The scarping of the rock outcrop is clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1968 and 1969 (CUCAP AVT043; AYO037). The platform is also visible on aerial photographs taken 10/05/2003 and 13/04/2002 (ASIAP (369) 33, 36; (373) 36 (310) 21). This earthwork may have defined a small bawn area immediately around the base of Oola Castle.
See attached CUCAP aerial photographs, ASI aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 22 April 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.