Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Brickfield, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brickfield
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.35806, -8.58369
- SMR number
- LI047-074----
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 reclaimed pasture immediately W of the townland boundary with Garranekeagh. Shown as a circular-shaped earthwork or platform with Trig Station marking spot height of 486 ft. OD on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a triangular-shaped area (dims. c. 20m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a bank with a trigonometrical station marked at N. Outline of scrub-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 18 August 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.