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Barrow - ditch barrow

Cloghnadromin, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Cloghnadromin, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloghnadromin
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.62332, -8.49445
SMR number
LI014-174----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On poorly drained partially reclaimed grassland, ringfort (LI014-150----) 30m to NW. Electricity poled immediately to E of possible ditch-barrow. Outline of small circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 8m) defined by a fosse is clearly visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 06/02/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date upload: 7 July 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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