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Moated site

Knockmore, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Knockmore, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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