Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballyduff, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyduff
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.34567, -8.31540
- SMR number
- LI057-004----
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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 E of a local road and 450m N of the townland boundary with Cullane North. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. It is shown on the Cassini OSi 6-inch map as a semi-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 38m NW-SE; 19m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank from N-E-S. Truncated at W by roadway running NW-SE. Levelled earthwork visible as a semi-circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 21/06/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 12 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.