Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballytrasna, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballytrasna
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56286, -8.38283
- SMR number
- LI024-038----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a slight NE-facing slope, in improved pasture, 110m E of a townland boundary with Killeenavera. Enclosure (LI024-144----) lies 120m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument described by O’Dwyer (1964, 95), as a circular-shaped platform (diam. 99ft/30.2m) which is slightly raised (H 3ft/0.9m) around its edge and with faint traces of a fosse. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as no surface remains visible. Field boundary depicted bisecting area of monument on current edition OS 6-inch map has been removed. Levelled monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-201, or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached profile drawn by O’Dwyer in 1964 and Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/05/2002 and 28/06/2018.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 28 September 2020
References
O'Dwyer, M. 1958-61 A survey of the earthworks in Old Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 8, 69-78, 111-15.
O'Dwyer, M. 1964 A Survey of the earthworks of the district of Old Pallasgrean (concluded). North Munster Antiquarian Journal 9, 94-8.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.