Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killeen (glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (glenquin By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.35147, -8.97137
- SMR number
- LI054-002----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 low-lying marshy pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 110m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 1.1m; Wth 4.2m). Bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.95m), best preserved SSE->SW, lowers at E (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.8m). Waterlogged fosse best preserved SSE->SW, but is not evident NE->SSE. Field drain opens into fosse at WSW. Marshy interior, under rough pasture, used as small field. Farm passage (Wth 2.75m), cutting through bank at WSW (Wth 4.8m), skirts along base of inner bank face before exiting at N (Wth 5.5m). Field boundaries abut enclosure at WSW and SSE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.