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Earthwork

Ballinscaula, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Ballinscaula, 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
Ballinscaula
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1927)
Coordinates
52.42198, -8.48672
SMR number
LI040-097----

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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 85m W of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Ballinvala. Possible trivallate barrow (LI040-096----) lies 25m to NW. Depicted as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 24m) defined by a scarp on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Westropp (1917-19, 178) described the monument as follows; ‘The satellite is well preserved; its fosse is 3 feet to 4 feet (0.9-1.2m) deep and 12 feet to 14 feet (3.6-4.2m) wide, with no trace of an outer ring. The inner bank is 15 feet (4.5m) thick, 5 feet (1.5m) high outside and 1 foot (0.3m) over the oval garth, which is 60 feet (18.2m) across north and south, and 54 feet (16.5m) east and west. It has a nearly levelled annexe to the west, 18 yards (16.6m) across and defined by a shallow hollow; the west corners are rounded off’. The monument is clearly visible as a raised circular shaped-area enclosed by a bank and fosse on aerial photograph (ASIAP (304) 10) taken on 13/09/2002 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.

See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (304) 10) and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 15 June 2021

References

Westropp, T.J. 1917-19 The Earthworks, Traditions, and the Gods of South-Eastern Co. Limerick, Especially from Knocklong to Temair Erann. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature 34, 127-183.

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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