Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballynagranagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagranagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51938, -8.43813
- SMR number
- LI032-105----
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
Earthwork described in 1943 as following; 'This monument consists of a square platform surrounded by a continuous fosse. The entrance is not recognisable. The maximum height of the platform over the fosse-bottom is 2' 6" [0.76m). The platform measures 100' [30m] square overall. It is situated in poor marshy lowland on the bank of a stream. Not on the O.S. map' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175). Earthwork is not visible today on Digital globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 February 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.