Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Ballynagreanagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagreanagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.51195, -8.36155
- SMR number
- LI033-032----
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 160m N of the townland boundary with Killeenagallive. Depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a sub-circular-shaped platform (dims. 32m NE-SW, 34m NW-SE) defined by a scarp and ditch from SE-S-NE, truncated at NE by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Depicted as circular-shaped earthwork on 1838 ed. OSi 6-inch map . Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 22m) defined by a scarp (Wth 2.2m; H 0.7m) with external fosse (Wth 6.8m; D 0.5m) best preserved from ESE-WSW. A deep drainage ditch intersects the E side of the monument. Surrounding land drains are visible on OSi orthophotos 2005-2012. Outline of monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 22 March 2021
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.