Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Dromtrasna North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromtrasna North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.36674, -9.24508
- SMR number
- LI043-009----
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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, on a slight SW-facing slope. A circular area (7.75m N-S; 8.2m E-W) enclosed by a fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 0.8m) with an external bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.35m). There are opposite causewayed entrances at E (Wth 1.4m) and at W (Wth 1.8m). The interior is level and covered by grass which has been poached by cattle.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fia1 mi
- Earthwork2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.