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Earthwork

Ballinstona North, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Ballinstona 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
Ballinstona North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924)
Coordinates
52.43966, -8.55746
SMR number
LI039-089----

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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

In partially reclaimed poorly drained pasture 15m N of the townland boundary with Ballinstona South. Ruins of Ballinstona House lie 160m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (dims. c. 22m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Outline of monument is visible as a circular shaped area defined by a fosse visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 4 May 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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