Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lisheensheela, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisheensheela
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.40273, -8.89989
- SMR number
- LI045-100----
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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 elevated level pasture. Roughly circular area (116m N-S; 104m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.35m; Wth 2m), with intervening fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 1.5m) and external earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) SW->NW, and with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 4m) SW->NW. Scarped edge is indistinct and discontinuous NW->SW. Bank, which is obscured by overgrowth, may be part of surrounding field boundary system.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.