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Moated site

Kells, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Kells, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kells
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924)
Coordinates
52.34950, -8.89931
SMR number
LI054-025----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying marshy pasture immediately to E of public road. Partially incorporated into S field boundary ESE->SW. Sub-rectangular area enclosed by inner and outer earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 4.2m). Well preserved inner bank (ext. H 1.6m) heavily masked by dense vegetation cover with cattle break (Wth 1.2m) at WSW. Outer bank (int. H 1.8m; ext. H 1.55m), best preserved SW->WSW, becomes low and spread out NNE->ESE. Waterlogged fosse (D 0.3m), fed by stream at W, contains dump of domestic rubbish at NW. Slight dip (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m) runs along outer edge of outer bank NNE->ESE. Level interior under rough pasture, inaccessible along inner bank due to dense briar growth .
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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