Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Baunmore, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baunmore
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.35824, -8.53186
- SMR number
- LI048-048----
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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, 160m W of townland boundary with Mortlestown. An earthwork (LI048-049----) lies 80m to the NE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 21m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as circular-shaped area defined by a tree-lined bank on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Rectilinear cropmarks visible adjacent to the monument may represent drainage channels associated with land reclamation works.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 17 August 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.