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Barrow - unclassified

Belpatrick, County Louth, Ireland

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Townland
Belpatrick
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.78964, -6.53114
SMR number
LH020-004004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the area to the E of the dividing fosse and bank of Dunmore (LH020-004001-) are three features (A, B and C), all of which are barrows.

Site A (LH020-004003-) consists of a circular level area (diam. c. 6m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth c. 4m) on N-WSW and outer bank (Wth c. 1.5m) on N-WSW. The fosse and bank are altered by the outer bank of the enclosure on SW-NE.

Site B (LH020-004004-) lies to the N of A, and consists of a level, roughly circular area (diam. c. 8m) with a fosse (Wth c. 3m) and outer bank (Wth c.2m) on the W. The fosse and bank are modified by juxtaposition with the outer bank and Site C to the NE.

Site C (LH020-004005-) consists of a level, circular platform (diam. 2m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.5m) and outer bank (Wth 1m).

The above description is derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991), no. 70, pp. 45-6. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

LH020-004004-_01.jpg: Plan of the enclosed barrow group.

Date of upload: 12 July 2012

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1998).

Nearby in the register

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

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