Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Ballygeale, County Limerick, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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.
See attached Google earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 9 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 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.