Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballymacreese, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacreese
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58978, -8.53463
- SMR number
- LI014-116----
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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)
- 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
In undulating pasture on N-facing slope with good views in all directions. Not depicted on the OS maps. Identified from aerial photograph Bruff 1 (AP 4/3744). Site inspection in 2005 recorded an oval or sub-oval shaped area (diam. 15.7m N-S) defined at N and S by a scarp (Wth. 0.6m; H 0.1m) enclosed by a fosse (base Wth. 1m; D 0.15m). The interior slopes to N. Cropmarks of possible enclosure visible on OSi aerial imagery.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 7 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.