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Earthwork

Ballyneety North, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Ballyneety North, 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
Ballyneety North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Sarsfields Rock, Hachured
Coordinates
52.51612, -8.32247
SMR number
LI033-040001-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

Ballyneety Castle (LI033-040002-) also known as Whitestown Castle stands on top of natural rock outcrop annotated 'Sarsfield's Rock' on OSi 25-inch map, enclosing scarp around castle depicted from W-N-E with quarry area immediately to S of castle. This scarping forms a terraced area around the base of the rock outcrop on which Ballyneeety Castle stands.
Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as traces of a scarp (Wth. 15m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.85m) visible from NE-SW and from SW-W-N. Local information that this area was extensively quarried for stone in mid-20th century. The area is visible as a large rock outcrop on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. Scarping of rock outcrop forming a natural terraced feature around the base of the rock outcrop on which the castle stands.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 30 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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