Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castleoliver, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleoliver
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Olivers Folly
- Latest-edition OS map
- Olivers Folly, Castle Hill
- Coordinates
- 52.33144, -8.48419
- SMR number
- LI056-034001-
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 pasture on the summit of Castle Hill (858 ft., 261m), 460m NE of the 19th century Castle Oliver House. Folly (LI056-034002-) is located in interior. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 50m) on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (319) 17) taken 05-10-2002 and on Google Earth orthoimages where it is partly delimited by bushes. Earthwork clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP ATD059) taken 21/07/1967
See oblique aerial photographs (ASIAP (319) 17/ CUCAP ATD059) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 18 November 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.