Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockfenora, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockfenora
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42698, -8.65811
- SMR number
- LI039-163----
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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 immediately E of disused railway track. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped enclosure from aerial photograph (ASIAP (372) 32) taken 10/05/2003. Faint traces of monument visible as a cropmark on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (372) 32) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 13 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.