Earthwork in Ahnagurra, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture immediately W of a watercourse and 85m S of the townland boundary with Ballynalacken. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. The outline of the overgrown monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI049-171

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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