Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Thomastown (coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thomastown (coshma By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.37263, -8.61716
- SMR number
- LI047-046----
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 pasture, 50m S of a railway track. Depicted a a walled orchard on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) in centre of walled orchard with Ha-Ha like feature to W and house to E. Outline of earthwork is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. May be the remains of a landscape feature or a mound that has been reused as a landscape feature.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.