Earthwork in Ballyluddy, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In improved, low-lying pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 130m W of a townland boundary with Brackyle. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Enclosures (LI024-136/135----) lie 130m to SE and 170m to SW, respectively. Monument identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 153: AP 4/3677). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (23.5m E-W; 21m N-S) on OSi orthophoto 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophoto 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 153.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI024-271

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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