Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Lissurland, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissurland
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lissurland - Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.40317, -9.10900
- SMR number
- LI044-002002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on steep E-facing slope. Square area (L 30m) enclosed on N, W and S sides by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (D 1.3m; Base Wth 1.8m), and defined on E side by steeply scarped edge (ext. H 3.5m). Gap (Wth c. 4m) in bank at SW corner. Much of site covered in overgrowth. Interior level. A series of rectangular areas enclosed by low earthen banks immediately W of enclosure are remains of garden of Lisurland House which stood c. 50m S of enclosure but has been entirely removed.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.