Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Cahirguillamore (coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahirguillamore (coshma By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51940, -8.57768
- SMR number
- LI031-179----
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
On gently undulating pasture 350m E of the townland boundary with Coolfune. Enclosure (LI031-180----) located 290m to SW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps, nor is it visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 1005; AP 4/3598) as an enclosure (ext. diam. c. 10m). The possible ditch barrow is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006 and 28/06/2018.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 1005 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 6 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.