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Settlement deserted - medieval

Creggane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement deserted - medieval, Creggane, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Creggane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.38417, -8.68651
SMR number
LI047-103----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 pasture, Creggane Castle (LI047-029----) lies 160m to the S. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Possible deserted medieval village associated with Creggane Castle identified from examination of LiDAR image by Dr. Steve Davis, University College Dublin in 2014. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage or on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Lidar image courtesy of Dr. Steve Davis and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 8 September 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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