Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Garryellen, County Limerick, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.