Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Cush, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cush
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38026, -8.44492
- SMR number
- LI048-034023-
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 poorly drained land. Listed by Ó Ríordáin as 'Site B' which is depicted on his plan as a semi-circular shaped earthwork transected at S by drainage ditch/stream running E-W which forms townland boundary with Moorestown. Faint trace of earthwork possibly visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached location map taken from Ó Ríordáin showing 'Site B' and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 31 August 2021
References
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1940 Excavations at Cush, Co. Limerick (1934 and 1935). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 45, 83-181.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.