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
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05972, -7.21639
- SMR number
- LA013-110----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located at N lip of the hollow which contains the Little Bog Lough. Also first off the fairway for the fourth hole, slightly higher ground to E and W. This site is covered by furze which has been burnt off, small ring-barrow consists of a small mound (diam. 5.1m N-S; 4.8m E-W; H 0.6m) with dimple on top defined by an inner fosse (Wth 0.5m-1m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m), no outer bank visible. Overall max. ext. dims. 10.4m N-S x 10.5m E-W
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.