Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Downs, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downs
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.46288, -8.86630
- SMR number
- LI037-038----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked ovoid enclosure (c. 30m N-S; c. 45m E-W) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now largely inaccessible due to dense overgrowth. As far as could be ascertained the enclosing element consists of a low earthen bank with a shallow external fosse. Field boundary skirts enclosing element E->S, as does public road S->W. Both of these may have truncated enclosing element.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.