Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Milltown (coonagh By., Grean Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (coonagh By., Grean Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53210, -8.40990
- SMR number
- LI024-194----
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 low-lying pasture cut by land drains and watercourses, 110m NE of a townland boundary with Kildromin. Ring-barrow (LI024-284----) and enclosure (LI024-285----) lie 55m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 2: AP 4/3632) in 1986. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 11m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
See attached Bruff aerial photo taken in 1986 numbered 2 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 6 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.