Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballinlyna Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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 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
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.