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Barrow - ring-barrow

Cross (Coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Cross, 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
Cross (Coonagh By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56068, -8.30902
SMR number
LI024-171001-

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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 pasture, on N-facing slope, 87m SE of Reask River which marks townland boundary with Brackyle and 105m E of townland boundary with Knockballyfookeen. A possible enclosure (LI024-170----) lies 70m to NE, three barrows (LI024-058001/002-; LI024-292----/293----), enclosure (LI024-058004-) and earthwork (LI024-058002-) lie 264m to SE. The westernmost ring-barrow of a cluster of five ring-barrows (LI024-171002-/005-). Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 106 (1); AP 4/3676) as a small circular cropmark of a possible ring-barrow. Faint trace of cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, not visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.

See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 106(1)

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 22 July 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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