Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Clogher East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogher East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.43297, -8.62473
- SMR number
- LI039-068----
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
In pasture 140m NE of enclosure (LI039-195----). Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (dims. c. 29m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Monument is visible as raised roughly circular-shaped area with external fosse from NW-N-NE on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020 to the N of a field boundary running E-W.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 4 May 2021
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 305/34 on 13/09/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.