Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballinvreena (coshlea By., Emlygrennan Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvreena (coshlea By., Emlygrennan Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.39592, -8.43729
- SMR number
- LI048-036----
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. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, with curving field-boundary to E. Shown on the 1897 ed. 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 28m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with external fosse from NW-N-E-SE. Monument visible as circular-shaped area enclosed by trees with external fosse from NW-N-E-SE, trace of fosse visible at S on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken 05/10/2002 and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 19 August 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.