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Earthwork in Mitchelstowndown North

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In reclaimed pasture 250m N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstown West. Possible moated site (LI049-002----) lies 130m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow during examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2573 Site No. 4/32) taken 03/11/1984 where it is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 22m). No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Faint trace of cropmark visible on on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2573) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 8 September 2021

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