Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballyvoodane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvoodane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.35034, -8.56348
- SMR number
- LI055-009----
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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 gentle undulating pasture, with moderate views from SE-SW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a mound. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Levelled earthwork surveyed in 1999 and described as a low rise on the E side of a low wet area of pasture, defined by a scarp (Wth 0.6m; H 0.09m) from SE-S-SW intersected by a natural scarp running E-W. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 15 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.