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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
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.44355, -8.56280
SMR number
LI039-136----

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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 reclaimed pasture 175m N of the townland boundary with Ballyania. Barrow (LI039-088----) lies 75m to W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23; AP 5/2111) as an enclosure. Visible as a sub-circular-shaped area on aerial photograph (ASIAP (346) 7) taken 05/01/2003. Outline of monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 25m), intersected at S by field drain running E-W, on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Incomplete cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13, where it looks more like a natural feature rather than an archaeological monument. Visible as cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2020 where it is surrounded by similar cropmarks and drainage ditches. Irregular-shape of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2106 casts doubt on its antiquity. May be the remains of a paleochannel or drainage ditch rather than an archaeological earthwork.

See attached Bruff aerial photograph (Bruff 23) and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 24 May 2021

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 346/7 on 05/01/2003, 372/9 on 10/05/2003.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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