Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballyroe Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyroe Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.36921, -8.48302
- SMR number
- LI048-054----
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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, 100m E of townland boundary with Kilfinnane and 195m NE of townland boundary with Ballinanima. Depicted as a snall circular shaped earthwork 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. 13m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, intersected at E by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S. Monument visible as a raised D-shaped area enclosed by a bank with fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 18 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.