Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Ballyroe Lower, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyroe Lower
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mote, Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.35702, -8.47896
- SMR number
- LI056-019----
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 pasture, 200m N of townland boundary with Ballyroe Upper. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular shaped mound. Annotated 'Mote' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Small circular-shaped mound visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. Visible as a scrub-covered earthwork on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 25 November 2021
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