Earthwork in Bulgaden, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 123; AP 5/2117). Linear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, visible on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP ((349) 22) taken 05/01/2003 and on Google Earth orthoimage 01/04/2021, appear to represent relic post-1700 field boundaries marked on the 1840 ed. OSi. 6-inch map. Doubtful antiquity. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 123, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (349) 22), and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-226

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Maker not stated on source page, thejournalofantiquities.com
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.ca

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