Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Glenbrohane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenbrohane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.38625, -8.39430
- SMR number
- LI049-099----
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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 reclaimed pasture, an enclosure (LI049-275----) and a hillfort (LI049-098----) lie 80m and 220m to the NW respectively. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 26m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a scarp, with fosse from SE-S-W-N-NE, from N-NE incorporated into a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Intersected at SW by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. Tree-covered earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 11 October 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.