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Hearth

Ballybronoge South, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hearth, Ballybronoge South, 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
Ballybronoge South
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58448, -8.72141
SMR number
LI021-185----

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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

Situated in pasture, c. 65m to W of the townland boundary with Attyflin. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. A ring ditch (LI021-185----) lies c. 70m to NW. Monument identified as a hearth (Area B) during monitoring (Licence No. 08E0171) of topsoil stripping along the route of a Limerick County Council water mains upgrade running from Adare to Patrickswell (MacLeod & Coshman 2008, 3). Monument excavated under the same license in 1999 and described as a hearth (L 0.8m; Wth 0.7m; D 0.14m) containing a single charcoal-rich fill (ibid, 6). A circular-shaped posthole (diam. 0.31m; D 0.21m) which contained a single fill of silty clay with occasional charcoal flecking was located within the NE edge of the hearth (ibid).

See attached location map and plan of excavated site taken from MacLeod & Coshman 2008

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 10 August 2020

References

MacLeod, R. & Coshman, B. 2008 Monitoring report for the Adare to Patrickswell trunk main, Co. Limerick Unpublished report (Licence No. 08E0171), submitted by Headland Archaeology Ltd on behalf of Limerick County Council to the National Monuments Service.

Nearby in the register

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

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