Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Creggane, County Limerick, Ireland
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----
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, 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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.