Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Gibbonstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gibbonstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.40693, -8.53108
- SMR number
- LI048-001----
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 90m S of the townland boundary with Bawntard North. Barrow (LI048-085----) lies 110m to N. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped platform (diam c. 21m) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area defined by a fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages where it is intersected at N by a field boundary running NE-SW.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 27 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.