Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Kilfinnane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilfinnane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.36078, -8.47309
- SMR number
- LI048-056----
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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, 75m SE of townland boundary with Ballyroe Lower. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map as a sub-rectangular shaped hollow possibly a small quarry (dims. c. 20m N-S; 14m E-W) of post-1700 date. In 1997, archaeological monitoring of excavations was undertaken by Eachtra Archaeological Projects the resuls of which were summarised as following; ‘No traces of an enclosure site were uncovered during the earth stripping and excavation works. The finds recovered from the topsoil were all post-medieval in date’ (1997). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Of doubtful antiquity, probably the remains of a post-1700 gravel pit or small quarry.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 18 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.