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
- 52.56390, -8.37581
- SMR number
- LI024-143003-
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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 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
- 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.