Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castletown (connello Upper By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (connello Upper By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41916, -8.82709
- SMR number
- LI038-172----
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
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery.
See attached image from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 16/03/2016
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 15 April 2020
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.