Mound in Bottomstown, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In wet pasture, an enclosure (LI040-273----) lies 165m to the N. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 141, AP 5/2104) as a possible mound. Trace of monument visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/03/2018. See attached Bruff photograph labelled 141 and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-272

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