Earthwork in Ballintaw, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, enclosure (LI031-056----) lies 226m to SW. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a sub-circular shaped platform (dims. c. 22m N-S x 27m E-W) defined by a scarp and fosse from N-E-S-SE only. Bisected by a drainage ditch running NW-SE across W quadrant. Faint cropmark of levelled monument visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 24/09/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 March 2021 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 306/34 & 35 taken 13/09/2002.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI031-057

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