Earthwork

The National Monuments Service's description

In reclaimed pasture, 180m S of townland boundary with Ballinvreena. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (dims. c. 24m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with fosse from S-W-NW. Annotated ‘Cois Mote’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Monument visible as shown on the historic OSi maps on the Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimages. The tree lined relic post-1700 field boundaries at SE-E-NE visible on aerial images may represent an external bank.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 23 August 2021

References

Westropp, T.J. 1919 The ancient places of assembly in the counties Limerick and Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 49, 1-24.

Westropp, T.J. 1916-19 The Later Pagan Sanctuaries of Co. Limerick. Journal of the North Munster Antiquarian Society 4, 2, 122-48, 157-83.

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Westropp, T.J. 1918 Temair Erann, an Ancient Cemetery of the Ernai on Slievereagh, County Limerick. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquities of Ireland, 111-20.