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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballynagally, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Ballynagally, 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
Ballynagally
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.54464, -8.37426
SMR number
LI024-225----

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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

On reclaimed pasture with Glenatrahaun Stream 125m to E forming the townland boundary with Coologe. The monument forms part of a group of five ring-barrows (LI024-322/224----) and a ditch-barrow (LI024-070----) within 110m to the S and E. Two ring-barrows (LI024-339/338----) are located immediately adjacent 10m to the N and 3m NE respectively. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but it is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 31; AP 4/3668) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 11m) and consists of a central circular area surrounded by a fosse, the site appears to have a slight external bank. The ring-barrows are visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 31 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 15 September 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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