Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballinvreena (coshlea By., Glenbrohane Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvreena (coshlea By., Glenbrohane Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.39049, -8.43268
- SMR number
- LI048-037002-
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 wet pasture, adjacent to site of Fair Green, holy well known locally as Tobar Cinn Mhóir (LI048-038----) 90m to the N. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a scrub-covered circular-shaped area on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. A rectangular shaped area defined by a fosse is visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/03/2015, however this feature may represent drainage channels associated with land reclamation works.
See attached 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.