Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygrennan (coshma By., Bruff Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygrennan (coshma By., Bruff Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.45811, -8.54619
- SMR number
- LI040-004----
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 pasture, immediately W of townland boundary with Ballygrennan and 850m NE of Greenpark House. Within the field system (LI040-042----). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a square-shaped enclosure during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2540) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline. Visible as a rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 21m N-S; 23m E-W) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 where it is defined at S, W, and N by linear depression, intersected at E by field boundary running N-S. Visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/03/2018. Linear features visible on aerial photographs may represent drainage channels belonging to reclamation works associated with the landscaping of the lands of Greenpark House. No surface remains visible on
Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 13 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.