Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Keale (Coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keale (Coshlea By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.32017, -8.44231
- SMR number
- LI056-044----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
n upland pasture 250m W of the townland boundary with Ballynacourty and 250m W of a large forestry plantation. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 19m) enclosed by a bank from SE-W-N-E with external fosse from NW-N-E that is incorporated into a field boundary from SE-S-NW. A gap in SE may be the original entrance. Outline of monument delimited by trees is visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.