Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Balline, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balline
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40141, -8.45349
- SMR number
- LI048-015004-
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, Emlygrennan Church ruins (LI048-015001-) and graveyard (LI048-015002-) lie 50m to S. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Trace of enclosure or platform visible to the N of Emlygrennan Church on oblique aerial photograph taken 17/07/1968 (CUCAP BGK052). Possible trace of levelled earthwork visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 20m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached oblique aerial photograph taken 17/07/1971 (CUCAP BGK052) and 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).
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.