Earthwork in Tullerboy, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In grassland 114m W of townland boundary with Ballintaw and 160m E of townland boundary with Ballyculleen. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular shaped area (NW-SE 64m, NE-SW 52m) defined by a scarp with external fosse from NNE-E, SE-SSE and SW-W-N. Outline of monument visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 13/09/2002 (ASIAP (306) 31). Faint trace of earthwork visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Faint trace of external fosse at W visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 16/03/2016, monument transected by a laneway running NNE-SSW. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 25 March 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI031-087

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Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Dromin Athlacca Banogue club; individual photographer not named, drominathlaccabanogue.clubzap.com
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Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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