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Brickworks

Dollas Upper, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Brickworks, Dollas Upper, 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
Dollas Upper
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.50167, -8.75235
SMR number
LI030-178----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

This site was excavated by Graham Hull (02E0557) as part of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West project. It is the remains of a brick kiln and its production area, probably dating to the late-18th/early-19th century. (Grogan, O’Donnell, & Johnston 2007, 277-8) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 February 2013

References

Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L. and Johnston, P. 2007 The Bronze Age landscapes of the pipeline to the West. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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