Earthwork in Creevebeg, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, immediately S of townland boundary with Ballyphilip. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (diam. c. 35m) defined by a scarp truncated at N by a townland boundary running NE-SW. Not marked on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map, indicating that the monument was levelled between these map dates. No surface remains visible of levelled monument on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI038-043

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Dromin Athlacca Banogue club; individual photographer not named, drominathlaccabanogue.clubzap.com
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