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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballytarsna, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Ballytarsna, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballytarsna
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.98152, -9.28296
SMR number
CL015-029----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a hilltop in hilly marshy pasture with clear views. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map; not depicted on the 1916 ed. OS 6-inch map. A ring-barrow (22m E-W; 21.5m N-S) comprising a central mound (13m E-W; 13.9m N-S; H c. 2m) with a slight dip at its centre (2.5m E-W; 3.75m N-S), encircled by a berm which is widest at the W (Wth 5m) narrowing towards the E (Wth 1.5m). The mound is composed of earth with only occasional stones visible. The berm is covered in rushes, while the mound is free of excess vegetation. A bowl-barrow (CL015-026----) lies on another hilltop c. 360m to the NW.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL015-029----_01.jpg View of barrow from SE

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

Date of upload: 3 July 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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