Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Adamstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.43849, -8.48388
- SMR number
- LI040-074----
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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 75m NE of church site (LI040-073001-) and graveyard (LI040-073002-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular enclosure (site No. 040209) during examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2558; Site No. 040209) taken 03/11/1984. Faint trace of circular-shaped feature visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2016.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (Site No. 040209) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 21 June 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.