Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Kilcruaig, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcruaig
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.30410, -8.43970
- SMR number
- LI056-045----
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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 160m W of the townland boundary with Garryarthur and 200m NW of a large forestry plantation. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Shown on the Cassini 6-inch map ed. as a raised semi-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 22m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) defined by a scarp from SW-N-E. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 November 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.