Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Lackendarragh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackendarragh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32466, -8.27421
- SMR number
- LI057-076----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Reported by Tom Fox, Teagasc, and inspected on 15th April 2011. Built into the face of an earthen face (H c. 2.2m) is a recess (0.7m x 0.6m), roughly circular in plan, with an opening facing south (Wth 0.6m; H 0.45m) set back 0.4m from the face of the earthbank which is faced with rough field stones (same as those used to build the structure). The opening is roofed by flat thin lintels and faced by dry-stone walling. It is 0.8m above current ground level and the field behind is 0.9m above roof level. Its purpose is not clear; the nearest structural feature is a bread oven but these are usually domed and built into the side of a fireplace. This could have been within a building which was set against the earthbank. It is located in the yard of a one-storey vernacular house which is still intact though now abandoned.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.