Earthwork in Ballyduff, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture immediately E of a local road and 450m N of the townland boundary with Cullane North. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. It is shown on the Cassini OSi 6-inch map as a semi-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 38m NW-SE; 19m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank from N-E-S. Truncated at W by roadway running NW-SE. Levelled earthwork visible as a semi-circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 21/06/2021. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI057-004

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Neil Theasby, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Neil Theasby, commons.wikimedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.wikidata.org
Glenroe Hurling Club official website; individual aerial photographer not named, glenroegaa.com

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