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Barrow - ring-barrow

Pallasbeg, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Pallasbeg, 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
Pallasbeg
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.58873, -8.36577
SMR number
LI015-059002-

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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

Situated in the SE quadrant of a circular enclosure (LI015-05901-), in a field of undulating pasture. Identified from aerial photography (Bruff Survey: Map 15, no 14.02; 4/3731) as a ring barrow. The monument consists of a sub-circular area (5m E-W; 4.8m N-S) defined by a scarped edge with an external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.15m).

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 23 October 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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