Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ballylooby, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylooby
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42562, -8.36439
- SMR number
- LI041-069----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture 70m E of the Bog River which marks the townland boundary with Ryves Castle. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a hut site in 1988 and placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 21/06/1988 where it is described as an 'Ancient House site' (No. 1463). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached location map and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 5 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.