Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Knocklong West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocklong West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.43774, -8.42726
- SMR number
- LI040-080----
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 170m SW of ringfort (LI040-081----). Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Potential monument identified as a circular-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photograph taken 20/07/1968 (CUCAP AVT028). No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached CUCAP aerial image and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 10 June 2021
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 303/21 on 13/09/2002.
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.