Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Glenlary, County Limerick, Ireland
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----
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 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
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