Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballintober, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintober
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.35840, -8.38749
- SMR number
- LI049-169----
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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 165m W of the townland boundary with Griston West. Enclosure (LI049-168----) lies 170m to W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 33m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a fosse. Intersected at W by field boundary running N-S. 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: 25 October 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.