Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Ballycullane (smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycullane (smallcounty By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53072, -8.56909
- SMR number
- LI022-247----
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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
Area encloses summit and lower slopes of a broad, rocky hill, in pasture. Enclosure (LI031-178001-) lies within the SE quadrant of the field system and a burnt mound (LI031-178003-) lies in the SW quadrant. This field system may be a continuation of a field system (LI031-226----) which lies in an adjacent field adjoining to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly rectangular-shaped area covering approx. 9 ha and comprising of intersecting linear cropmarks, some forming rectilinear-shapes, on Bruff Survey aerial photographs (Bruff 112: AP4/3644). Monument surveyed in 2000 by the ASI and described as irregular undulations across this area, which do not form any coherent pattern visible at ground level. Field system no longer visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 06/02/2018 as the area has been planted with forestry.
See attached Bruff Survey aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 16 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.