Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Kilcruaig, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcruaig
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29797, -8.45098
- SMR number
- LI059-002----
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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 reclaimed grassland with enclosure (LI059-003----) 125m to E. No surface remains visible of earthwork depicted as a small raised platform on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not indicated on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map indicating that the earthwork was levelled between these map dates. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Faint outline of levelled earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.