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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballynagally, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland: Ballynagally
County: Limerick
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Hachured
Latest-edition OS map: Hachured (1928)
Coordinates: 52.53940, -8.39304
SMR number: LI024-065----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 wet pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope, 260m SE of Glenatrahaun Stream. A ring-barrow (LI024-216001-) lies 190m to S, with a cluster of sites (LI024--066/217-/218-/291-) lie 70m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 26m) defined by a much degraded bank (Wth 12.7m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.35m) visible from W-N-E only, berm (Wth 4-6m) only visible from WNW-N-ENE, fosse (Wth 5.8m; D 0.45m) and outer bank (Wth 11.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.55m) only visible from NW-N-ENE. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017.

See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages and ASIAP taken 2003

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 18 July 2020

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

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

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