Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynisky, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynisky
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53569, -9.03169
- SMR number
- LI019-270----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture on SE facing slope, 40m S of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Lissatotan. Enclosure (LI019-205----) located 140m to NE. Not depicted on the OS maps, it was identified from ASIAP aerial photographs taken in 2006. The photograph shows a circular-shaped crop mark (diam. 20m) to the S of the stream. The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 08/04/2015.
See attached ASIAP and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 15 July 2020
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.