Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballinlyna Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlyna Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1904)
- Coordinates
- 52.33368, -8.46464
- SMR number
- LI056-038----
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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 upland pasture 170m E of the townland boundary with Clovers. Standing stone (LI056-074----) lies 80m to W and cist burial (LI056-037----) 115m to NNW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 75m NE-SW; 46m NW-SE) defined by a scarp. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 17 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.