Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyhoodane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhoodane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56897, -8.48375
- SMR number
- LI023-288----
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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 low-lying and gently undulating pasture, 100m W of Ahnavar stream. Situated within the area of a field system (LI023-289----) and 165m to ENE of an enclosure (LI023-041----). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 269.01: AP 4/3711). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (36.5m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012. Also visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018, Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 269.01, McCloud aerial image (AB3, Site 116) and ASIAP taken 23/08/2000.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 14 September 2020
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.