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Moated site

Ballynanty, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Ballynanty, 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
Ballynanty
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Lisheen - hachured (1927)
Coordinates
52.49644, -8.57237
SMR number
LI031-073----

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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

In reclaimed pasture, 580m SSW of Ballynanty House. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Lisheen’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is depicted as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 80m N-S x 60m E-W) defined by a scarp with fosse, with a raised roughly square-shaped area (dims. c. 31m N-S x 47m E-W) defined by a scarp and fosse, in S quadrant. A rectangular-shaped raised area (dims. c. 21m N-S x 65m E-W) defined by a scarp and fosse from NE-SE and SSE-S-SW is located immediately to S. Intersected at S by drainage works associated with demesne landscaping and laneway. Monument visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 24/09/2019 in a similar manner to the OSi 25-inch map. Possible moated site which may have been modified in post-medieval period during landscaping/ reclamation works on the estate of Ballynanty House.

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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 25 March 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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