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Earthwork

Ballyculhane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Ballyculhane, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyculhane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.63482, -8.79752
SMR number
LI012-010001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Ovoid shaped hachured earthwork marked on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map immediately west of Ballyculhane Castle (LI012-010002-). This earthwork mat be the remains of a possible pond feature depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Tree-covered area visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 1 February 2021

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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