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On a gentle SW-facing slope, in low-lying pasture, c. 0.4km to NE of the M7 interchange at Ballysimon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Celie O'Rahilly, archaeologist, Limerick Co. Co., as a small, dark circular-shaped feature visible on OSi aerial photography (Ref. OS 3/9160) taken 1985. Examination…

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On a gentle SW-facing slope, in low-lying pasture, c. 0.4km to NE of the M7 interchange at Ballysimon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Celie O'Rahilly, archaeologist, Limerick Co. Co., as a small, dark circular-shaped feature visible on OSi aerial photography (Ref. OS 3/9160) taken 1985. Examination of these OSi aerial images was undertaken prior to the construction of the Limerick South Ring Road in the mid 1990s. Visible as a possible circular shaped pond on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 26/05/2004. No surface remains visible of this feature today on Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/11/2019. The aerial photographic evidence suggests that this was a natural pond type feature rather than an archaeological monument. See attached photocopy of OSi aerial photograph taken 1985 and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI005-054

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Hawgood, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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