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Castle - motte and bailey

Glenlary, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte and bailey, Glenlary, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glenlary
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.38832, -8.40732
SMR number
LI049-092----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, immediately W Glenlary stream that runs N-S. An enclosure (LI049-098----) lies 140m to the W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown as a circular shaped platform (dims. c. 16m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) with a possible bailey (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) to N on a cliff-edge location on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch. The bailey area is defined by a scarp from NW-N-E-S-SW, from SW-W-N by a watercourse running NE-SW and at NE and E by scarp of Glenlary ravine, enclosed by a bank in the SW. Tree-covered monument visible on th Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 6 October 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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