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
- 52.53434, -8.47696
- SMR number
- LI023-092002-
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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 level pasture, on top of low lying natural rise. Circular area (8.9m N-S; 7.4m E-W; D 0.15m) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 4.85m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m), with external fosse (basal Wth 0.9m; overall Wth 3.75m; D 0.05m) and counter-scarp bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.1m) WSW-WNW. Lazy beds (long-axis NNE-SSW) cut across the field, but respect monument. 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. Ring-barrow (LI023-092001-) is c. 45m to SW and barrows (LI023-092003- and LI023-092004-) c. 50m and c. 150m to S respectively.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.