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Souterrain

Ballinlyna Lower, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Ballinlyna Lower, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinlyna Lower
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Souterrain
Coordinates
52.34435, -8.47921
SMR number
LI056-015003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, immediately N of townland boundary with Clovers. Possible souterrain in the interior of a cliff-edge fort (LI056-015001-) with a standing stone (LI056-015002-) to immediate W. In 1931 the monument was described as; ‘two moats or lisses with souterrains’ (O’Shaughnessy and Carroll 1931, 69-70). Annotated ‘Souterrain’ on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map, not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. No surface remains of levelled monument on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. Faint trace of D-shaped cropmark of cliff-edge fort on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018 but no trace of souterrain visible.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 2 December 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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