Linear earthwork in Magherareagh, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In rough wet pasture, immediately E of townland boundary with Ballynamona. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a linear cropmark running NE-SW by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 106; AP 5/2117). Monument visible as linear cropmarks covering a large area (dims. c. 177m NW-SE x 114m NE-SW), on Google Earth orthoimage taken 01/04/2021. Could be the remains of a drainage ditch associated with post-1700 land reclamation. Doubtful antiquity. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 106 and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-225

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Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org

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