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Enclosure

Ballytrasna, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballytrasna, 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
Ballytrasna
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56390, -8.37581
SMR number
LI024-143003-

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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

On a gentle WNW-facing slope, in the foothills of Knockseefin, in reclaimed pasture. Enclosure (LI024-143004-) immediately to SW and enclosures (LI024-143001-/002-) lie 25m to E and 55m to W, respectively. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 73(02): AP 4/3681) as a subrectangular-shaped earthwork which is defined by a land drain running WNW-ESE, to SW. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 60m NW-SE; 55m NE-SW) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and a vague trace on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017. Linear earthworks in this field may be related to post-1700 land reclamation and may not be the remains of an archaeological enclosure.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 73(02).

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 25 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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