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Barrow - ring-barrow

Garryellen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Garryellen, 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
Garryellen
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56241, -8.62142
SMR number
LI022-249----

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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 gentle W-facing slope, in undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. The townland boundary with Kilderry lies 225m to SW. Ring-barrow (LI022-203----) 65m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark, by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 7902: AP4/3071). Monument surveyed in 2000 by the ASI and described as no surface remains visible. Faint outline of possible monument visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Circular shaped feature barely visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 25/03/2017. Not visible on other Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff aerial survey image with feature labelled 7902.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 28 August 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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