Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.50432, -8.46140
- SMR number
- LI032-088----
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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 hillock (322ft/98m), in pasture, 105m E of a townland boundary with Ballinscoola. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped enclosure (29m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) with OSi trig. staion marking spot heigh of 322 ft. OD inside enclosure. Upstanding monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. Earthwork may be related to the OSi trig. station shown on the OSi 6-inch map.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 6 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.