Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Martinstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Martinstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.40778, -8.48943
- SMR number
- LI048-011----
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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 pasture, 120m W of Martinstown House. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch as a raised irregular-shaped platform (dims. c. 26m NW-SE; 18m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Trace of poorly preserved monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Trace of monument visible as a raised circular-shaped area, with partial fosse at W and NE, to immediate W of modern track on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 6 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.