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Burial mound

Ballygeale, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial mound, Ballygeale, 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
Ballygeale
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.56821, -8.72160
SMR number
LI021-026----

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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

In undulating pasture on N bank of a stream, with moderate to good views i all directions. No surface remains visible. Depicted as a raised circular shaped flat-topped mound (approx. diam. 8m) on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Site inspection carried out in 2000 recorded a slight rise in the field where the monument is marked on OS 6-inch map. No visible trace of monument on the Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013. Possible site of burial mound.

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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 9 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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