Earthwork in Baunmore, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as curving scarp from S-W. Monument visible as circular cropmark (diam. c. 50m) intersected at NW by a smaller circular cropmark (diam. c. 26m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 November 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI056-004

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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Sporting Limerick; individual photographer not stated, sportinglimerick.com
Effin GAA (former official Wix home page publisher); individual photographer not named, www.effingaa.ie
CaitNi, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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