Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballyloundash, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyloundash
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52306, -8.45022
- SMR number
- LI032-203----
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 reclaimed pasture, 12m SW of a land drain, abutting a townland boundary with Rootiagh to NW. Enclosure (LI032-202----) lies 285m to NNE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 155.01: AP 4/3635), as a broad rectangular-shaped cropmark. This monument was assessed by Barry Masterson as part of a topographical survey in 1996 and was described as follows: 'Rectangular platform 0.5m above surrounding terrain. There are no apparent enclosing elements. The platform measures 35m N-S by 23m E-W. The site is located on a rise with extensive views in all directions' (SMR File). Monument is visible as a broad, roughly rectangular-shaped cropmark (33m ENE-WSW; 18m NNW-SSE) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 155.01
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 16 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.