Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Mountfox, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountfox
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.42242, -8.57638
- SMR number
- LI039-112----
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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 60m E of enclosure (LI039-111----). Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped area (dims. 58m NW-SE; 47m NE-SW) possibly indicating a small pond. Truncated at S by field wall running NW-SE. Depicted on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as sub-circular-shaped depression or possibly a quarry or pond(diam. c. 48m) with second depression (36m E-W; 12m N-S) to immediate S. Visible as irregular shaped field enclosure delimited by scrub on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Outline of earthwork visible as a circular-shaped area delimited by scrub on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Probably the remains of a post-1700 quarry which has become a pond feature, not the remains of an archaeological monument.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 6 May 2021
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 308/18 taken on 05/10/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.