Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Knockmore, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmore
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43634, -8.65815
- SMR number
- LI039-058----
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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 level pasture. Rectangular area (64m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.75m) with external fosse (D 0.75m; Wth 2.05m); both covered by dense overgrowth of bushes. Causewayed entrance (Wth 2.6m) mid-way along E side. Cattle breaks across bank at SSW and SSE. Field boundary along outer edge of fosse on W side; field drain meets fosse at SW corner. Corners of enclosing bank are rounded and noticeably higher than along sides. Interior level but area of undulations (no discernible pattern) at centre; interior densely overgrown along fringes, especially to N and W.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 322/2 on 15/10/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.