Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Ballyroe Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyroe Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.36586, -8.48022
- SMR number
- LI048-112----
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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
The third pit [see LI048-111001-,LI048-111002-] is visible in both faces of the drain, but the base of the feature was not exposed. The pit lies 0.32m below present ground and measures 2.4m in diameter and 0.18m deep. It has a charcoal-rich fill with frequent inclusions of burnt stone (sandstone and conglomerate pieces noticeably smaller than the stones within the fill of the irregular-shaped pit located to the west [LI048-111001-]).
Compiled by: Melanie McQuade, Archaeologist, Forestry Service
Date of upload: 1 May 2015
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.