Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Appletown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Appletown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37913, -8.98106
- SMR number
- LI045-112----
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 grassland, ringfort (LI045-031----) 200m to S. Partially indicated on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a curvilinear field boundary. Cropmark of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 60m) visible on Google Earth photograph taken 29/03/2012 and OSi orthophotos taken between 2005-12.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 10 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.