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Earthwork

Ballynamona (Coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, 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
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.41229, -8.33898
SMR number
LI049-069----

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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 wet pasture, possible moated site (LI049-068----) lies 50m to the W and earthwork (LI049-070----) lies 40m to the SW. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 37m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarp with fosse from N-E-S, bisected by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S. 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: 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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