Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballybeg (coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (coonagh By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.52699, -8.23349
- SMR number
- LI033A009----
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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 wet pasture, 91m N of townland boundary with Boherdotia, 450m W of county boundary with Tipperary, an enclosure (LI033A010----) lies 210m to the NE. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by a scarp and waterlogged external fosse from NW-N-E-S-SW, intersected at W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 22 April 2021
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