Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Limerick, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73298, -6.29433
- SMR number
- WX003-025----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a small enclosure or mound (diam. c. 15m) at the corner of a field on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a S-facing slope. It is not known if the settlement of Limerick (WX003-052----) was fortified, but this feature, which is not visible at ground level, might have been a tower on the perimeter of the defences. Limerick church (WX003-026001-) is c. 100m to the ENE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 14 February 2012
Amended: 17 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.