Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Curraghturk, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghturk
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.36089, -8.31783
- SMR number
- LI049-188----
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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, 20m W of the townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen. Barrow (LI049-269----) lies 45m to SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised, oval-shaped area (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; 19m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped area defined by a scarp with external fosse on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (341) 21) taken 05-01-2003. On Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019 there is also a possible external bank visible from W-N-NE and from SE-SW. Visible as a circular shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 21/06/2021.
See oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (341) 21) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 19 October 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.