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Cist

Balline, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Balline, 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
Balline
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Stone Graves (1928)
Coordinates
52.40103, -8.45317
SMR number
LI048-015003-

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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 pasture, immediately N of Emlygrennan Church (LI048-015001-) which stood in the centre of a rectangular shaped graveyard (LI048-015002-). Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch. Annotated ‘Stone Graves’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. The annotation 'Stone Graves' may refer to the location of two stone lined burial or cist burials immediately N of boundary wall of Emlygrennan graveyard (LI048-015002-).

See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 6 August 2021

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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