Earthwork in Boherroe, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In the S end of a field of pasture 40m E of the townland boundary with Longstone. Not depicted on the OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 52; AP 4/3684) as a sub-circular shaped hollow (approx. dims. 17m N-S; 25m E-W) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 25/05/2017. Could be the remains of a post-1700 quarry feature.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI024-151

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