Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lissaniska West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissaniska West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.45038, -8.99940
- SMR number
- LI036-092001-
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating woodland copse. Roughly oval area (c. 45m N-S; c. 35m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.65m) NNW->E and WNW->NW; bank incorporated into field boundary E->WNW but absent WNW->NNW. Drain cut along inner base of bank on all sides except at NW. Bank broken at NE by recently constructed entrance (Wth 2m). Interior surface is very uneven and covered by trees. A holy well (036-09202---) is located to NW of centre within enclosure.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.