Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Mountblakeney, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountblakeney
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.38864, -8.63496
- SMR number
- LI047-040----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture 140m W of the townland boundary with Thomastown. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp. Intersected at SW by trackway running NE-SW. Partial outline of levelled monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages.
Site recently inspected by Anne Carey, Archaeologist, NMS and was described as follows; 'There may be evidence for the remains of a scarp, noted on the HEV monument description, on the southern side of the monument only, where there is an arc or curved area of low ground, running from east to west. The arc measures 3m in width and c. 33m in length (east-west), and it has a gradual rise on its northern side, enclosing the southern side of the circular-shaped earthwork (Site Visit 03/05/2022).
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and photographs taken by Anne Carey.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Anne Carey
Date of revised upload: 1 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.