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Barrow - ring-barrow

Coolnashamroge, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Coolnashamroge, 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
Coolnashamroge
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.54482, -8.42326
SMR number
LI023-285----

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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

In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses and which is adjacent to W of a linear land drain running N-S. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrows (LI023-283/-282----) lie 3m to N and 7m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by oblique aerial photography (McCloud AF 16). Monument is visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and McCloud aerial survey image labelled AF 16.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 11 September 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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