Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Puckane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Puckane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured, Knockaunnamoughilly
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.68217, -8.36896
- SMR number
- LI007-005----
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
On the level summit of Knockaunnamoughilly, in level pasture, c. 125m to S of the Clare River, with excellent views in all directions. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure standing in the centre of a large circular-shaped field (approx. diam. 115m). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as a circular-shaped flat-topped mound (diam. 9m; H 0.4m) defined by a fosse (base Wth 2.4m; overall Wth 7m; D 0.15m) from E-SE-S. Visible as a tree-covered monument within the centre of a circular-shaped large enclosure (100m E-W; 90m N-S) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Possible barrow standing in centre of large ritual hilltop enclosure (LI007-005001-) known as 'Knockaunnamoughilly'.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 3 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.