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Barrow - ring-barrow

Bunavie, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Bunavie, 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
Bunavie
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.57305, -8.35791
SMR number
LI024-014002-

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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 damp pasture, on a N-facing slope. D-shaped area (4m NE-SW straight side; 4m NW-SE) defined by inner fosse (Wth 2.95m; D 0.25m) SW-NE which is infilled S-SW with up-cast drainage material. Outer bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.15m) is best preserved SW-W but barely traceable W-NW. Monument truncated by field drain ENE-SE. Ringfort (LI024-014001-) c. 24m to NNW. Level interior under oasture.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 6 December 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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