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Moated site

Ballynamona (Coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Ballynamona, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynamona (Coshlea By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.41237, -8.34045
SMR number
LI049-068----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 reclaimed pasture. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Enclosures (LI049-067/069----) lie 65m to the W and 50m to the E respectively. Earthwork identified as a sub-rectangular shaped cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,560; 0122) taken 03/11/1984. Monument visible as a sub-rectangular shaped cropmark (dims. c. 37m N-S x 43m E-W) defined by a wide fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Cultivation ridges running roughly NE-SW visible to N of possible moated site on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.

See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 28 September 2021

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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