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Barrow - unclassified

Lackanagoneeny, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Lackanagoneeny, 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
Lackanagoneeny
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.63131, -8.23889
SMR number
LI016-002002-

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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 a small plateau on the W-facing slope of a hillock, in pasture, overlooking the valley of the Aughvaria River to N and the Gortnageragh River to S. A standing stone (LI016-002003-) and a stone row (LI016-002001-) lie c. 20m to W and c. 25m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Described as an unclassified type of barrow. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (12m N-S; 13m E-W) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 11/03/2014.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 10 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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