Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballytarsna, County Clare, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.