Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyshoneen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshoneen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54947, -8.32199
- SMR number
- LI024-229----
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
In pasture 130m SE of the townland boundary with Ballynaclogh and 13m W of the townland boundary with Knockballyfookeen. Enclosure lies 54m to E of a ring-barrow (LI024-186----). The enclosure is not depicted on historic OSi maps, it is faintly visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 43.2; AP 4/3673) as a U-shaped sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 40m N-S; 30m E-W). The site is visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. The enclosure appears to respect the line of the townland boundary on its E side and a relic field boundary to the S suggesting a post-medieval date.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 4302 and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 17 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.