Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Ballinlyna Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlyna Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.34588, -8.48143
- SMR number
- LI056-014----
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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 pasture, immediately N of a track running roughly E-W. An enclosure (LI056-013----) lies 264m to the W. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Stone Circle’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Described in 1931 as ‘a huge stone circle souterrains’ (O’Shaughnessy and Carroll 1931, 75) in the vicinity of Cahir Mortle. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 23 November 2021
References
O’Shaughnessy, D.F. and Carroll, P. 1931 Tara Luachra. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 36, No. 144, 69-75.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.