Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballytrasna, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballytrasna
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of) (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.55930, -8.38052
- SMR number
- LI024-039----
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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 improved pasture, on a WNW-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Named on current edition OS 6-inch map as 'Castle (site of)'. Trackway depicted on same exists to immediate W. Stone wall (L c. 4m; h 1.3m) rebuilt on W-side of roadway in area of castle site. Scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.5m) c. 4m to E of roadway.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen & Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 17 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.