Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ardrahin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardrahin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.39163, -8.29701
- SMR number
- LI049-152----
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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 wet pasture. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised D-shaped area (dims. c. 28m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from SE-S-W-NW. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Outline of oval-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 1 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.