Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Geeragh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Geeragh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.29542, -8.26419
- SMR number
- LI060-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In pasture on upper slope of a low hill. Remains consist of a raised rectangular shaped area (dims. 44m NNW-SSE x 37m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earthen bank (base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) with external fosse (base Wth 2.6m; ext. D 0.4m) filled in from W-N-E-SE. Entrance gap (Wth 2.4m) at S appears to be modern. Interior slopes slightly to SSE. NW, NE and SE corners of platform are raised slightly
See attached sketch plan and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Mill - woollenunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.