Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Ballinroche East, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinroche East
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.57285, -8.68264
- SMR number
- LI022-006----
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
In low-lying, wet level pasture, with restricted views in all directions. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a circular-shaped flat-topped mound (diam. 9.8m; H 1m) enclosed by a broad, shallow, waterlogged fosse (overall Wth 14.2m; base Wth 11m; D 0.3m). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 11 August 2020
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.