Moated site

The National Monuments Service's description

In reclaimed pasture 30m NE of a ringfort (LI040-081----). Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. 34m E-W x 21m N-S ) defined by a scarp with remains of a fosse at N. Westropp (1917-19, 174) described this 'platform ringfort' as; ‘a curious platform fort that consists of two rectangular platforms, in line, north and south, 5 feet [1.5m] to 6 feet [1.8m] high and 66 feet [20m] wide, within a fosse 12 feet [3.6m] wide, now nearly filled; the two divisions had banks round the tops and have a fosse 12 feet [3.6m] wide between. The northern is 70 feet [21m] long and much levelled to the north-west. The southern is 54 feet [16.5m] long. Only the S platform is visible as a rectangular-shaped area defined by a fosse on aerial photographs (ASIAP (344) 0, 3) taken 05/01/2003 and on oblique aerial photograph taken 20/07/1968 (CUCAP AVT028). The outline of the S platform is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/09/2019. No surface remains visible of the conjoined N platform. Listed by Barry (1981, 84) as a moated site (No. 27).

See attached CUCAP aerial image, (ASIAP (344) 0) and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 10 June 2021

References

Westropp, T.J. 1917-19 The Earthworks, Traditions, and the Gods of South-Eastern Co. Limerick, Especially from Knocklong to Temair Erann. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature 34, 127-183.

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

Barry, T.B. 1981 The shifting frontier: medieval moated sites in counties Cork and Limerick. In F.A. Aberg and A.E. Brown (eds), Medieval moated sites in north-west Europe, 71-85. Oxford. British Archaeological Reports. International Series, 121.