Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Thomastown (Coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thomastown (Coshma By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.37156, -8.62175
- SMR number
- LI047-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture, 40m NE of the townland boundary with Effin. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised semi-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 24m NE-SW; 13m NW-SE) truncated at SE by railway track running NE-SW. Outline of overgrown monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.