Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Clovers, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clovers
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.34229, -8.47979
- SMR number
- LI056-035----
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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 upland pasture immediately W of a forestry plantation and 110m W of the townland boundary with Ballinlyna Lower. Enclosure (LI056-015002-) lies 200m to NE and standing stone (LI056-015001-) 190m to NE. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 18m) defined by a scarp. Faint cropmark of levelled earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.