Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Brickfield, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brickfield
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34736, -8.58029
- SMR number
- LI055-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on reclaimed grassland. Area depicted as marshy land that is annotated ‘Liable to Floods’ on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Cropmark of circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 30m; ext. diam. 45m) defined by at least two ditches which is transected at E by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S which is clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Outline of earthwork clearly visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 24/09/2018 and 16/03/2016.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 24/09/2018 and 16/03/2016
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.