Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballymacshaneboy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacshaneboy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.33667, -8.61053
- SMR number
- LI055-011----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level pasture, atop a low rise on a slight S-facing slope, with moderate to good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised square-shaped area defined by a scarp. Surveyed in 1999 and described as a raised square-shaped area (dims. 30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.6m; H 1.7m) with fosse (base Wth 1.2m; ext. D 1m) from NE-E-S-W-NW, possibly re-cut in modern time. Interior dry and planted with conifers. Modern entrance causeway (Wth 2m) at S across fosse. Field drain truncates the site at N. Tree-covered visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI, oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (305)16) taken 13/09/2002 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 November 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.