Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Bunavie, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunavie
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56966, -8.35627
- SMR number
- LI024-125----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture. An enclosure (LI024-324----) lies 175m to NW and a ring-barrow (LI024-124----) lies 240m to ESE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 74: AP 4/3680). Earthwork visible as an oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 37m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by a distinct fosse, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 23 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.