Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Kilfinnane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilfinnane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mote - Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.35520, -8.45105
- SMR number
- LI056-028----
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
In wet pasture on E bank of a stream and 150m N of the townland boundary with Thomastown. Holy well (LI056-027----) lies 240m to S. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped mound (diam. c. 17m) with fosse from E-SW. Tree-covered earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 18 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.