Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Greatheath (maryborough East By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greatheath (maryborough East By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05618, -7.22239
- SMR number
- LA013-031----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a local prominence at S edge of the Heath. A sub-circular ring-barrow (max. ext. diam. 15.7m N-SE) defined by a flat-topped central mound (max. diam. 5.6m; H 0.5m) the interior of which has been quarried out, a round-bottomed fosse (Wth 3-4m; max. int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.2m) which is incorporated into a field boundary at W. A stone is visible on outer edge of mound at SSW.
Site re-visited by Caimin O'Brien on the 08 May 2007. Site consists of a circular mound (max. diam. 5.6m; H 0.5m) with hollow depression (diam. 1m; D 0.3m) in the centre of the mound which may be due to quarrying enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 3-4m; max. int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.2m) and external bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth 2m; ext. H 0.2m)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.