Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Bottomstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bottomstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.44708, -8.46549
- SMR number
- LI040-243----
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 reclaimed pasture 320m SW of the townland boundary with Rathanny. Enclosure (LI040-020----) lies 250m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 148; AP 5/2103) as a possible enclosure. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.