Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Martinstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Martinstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.40004, -8.48058
- SMR number
- LI048-013----
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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, 160m NW of Martinstown Stream. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch as a raised D-shaped platform (diam. c. 28m) defined by a scarp from NW-N-E-S-SW, intersected at W by a post 1700 field boundary running N-S. Faint trace of levelled earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Possible trace of raised irregular-shaped area (diam. c. 23m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/03/2015.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 6 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.