Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Rathjordan, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathjordan
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53394, -8.47731
- SMR number
- LI023-092001-
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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 pasture, on a gentle WSW-facing slope of a low rise. Circular area (5.65m N-S; 5.5m E-W) defined by fosse (max. basal Wth 1m; max. overall Wth 2.5m; D 0.15m) with an external bank (max. Wth 4.2m; max. int. H 0.2m; max. ext. H 0.3m) WNW-WSW. Dished interior may indicate excavation in antiquity. According to local information, an 'earthen cup' was found in one of the four barrows in this field. Barrow (LI023-092002-) is c. 45m to NE and barrows (LI023-092003- and LI023-092004-) c. 55m and c. 90m to SE respectively.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.