Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Abbey, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbey
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1904)
- Coordinates
- 52.32420, -8.45977
- SMR number
- LI056-041----
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 upland pasture 120m E of the townland boundary with Ballydonohoe and 120m S of a large forestry plantation. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 34m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a scarp. Visible as a circular cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.