Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Darranstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Darranstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40477, -8.46185
- SMR number
- LI048-104----
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 120m W of the townland boundary with Balline. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a circular cropmark from Google Earth orthoimage dated 29/07/2010. Faint trace of circular cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 where it is surrounded by drainage ditches. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 September 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.