Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Grange Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46739, -9.01005
- SMR number
- LI036-213----
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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, two ringforts (LI036-041/36004-) lie 185m W and 240m E respectively and an enclosure (LI036-214----) lies 260m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Hugh Carey during examination of aerial photographs (Bing maps aerial photograph 2014) and described as possible circular enclosure. Levelled monument visible as circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 30m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bing maps aerial photograph.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 20 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.