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Moated site

Ballynagarde, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Ballynagarde, 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
Ballynagarde
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58287, -8.57041
SMR number
LI022-051002-

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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 reclaimed pasture, at base of SE-facing slope, Ballynagarde Castle (LI022-051001-) 97m to E, enclosure (LI022-051003-) 90m to SE, within field system (LI022-051004). Present remains consist of a rectangular shaped area (21m NE-SW x 16m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.25m; Wth 0.5m) from NE to SE and external waterlogged fosse (int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.4m; base Wth 4.5m; top Wth 11.5m), interior level with some gentle undulations. Slightly raised area (H 0.45m) in NW corner. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 56; AP 4/3746) as a rectangular shaped enclosure. Monument visible on the Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 56 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 30 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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