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
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41452, -8.33876
- SMR number
- LI049-071----
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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 115m E of a stream. Barrow cemetery (LI049-072001/009-) lies 140m to SE. Depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 37m) defined by a scarp. Not depicted on subsequent OSi maps, indicating that the earthwork was levelled between these map dates (1840/1897). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.