Mound in Ballyvulhane, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, immediately N of townland boundary with Tankardstown, in SE quadrant of a field system (LI040-050001-), a rectangular enclosure (LI040-050004-) lies 50m to the SE. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 82 (1); AP 5/2108) as a small circular mound. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing mound and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-050005

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Photo credits

Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
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No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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