Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballynamona (coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (coshlea By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.41228, -8.34244
- SMR number
- LI049-067----
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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, 25m NE of townland boundary with Duntryleague, a moated site (LI049-068----) lies 65m to the E. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. c. 48m NW-SE x 34m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with fosse from SE-S-W-N. A conjoined earthwork to the NE consists of a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 52m NW-SE x 24m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from S-W-N-NE with fosse from NW-N-E-S. The earthwork is bisected by a field drain running NE-SW. Scrub-covered monument visible 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: 29 September 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.