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Barrow - unclassified

Loughgur, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Loughgur, 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
Loughgur
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52966, -8.52243
SMR number
LI032-047002-

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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 within a large field, 50m S of the townland boundary with Ballingoola. The NE shore of Lough Gur lies 675m to S. A standing stone (LI032-047001-) is located 45m to NE and a second standing stone (LI023-117----) is 110m to N. The earthwork (LI032-047002-) is not depicted on OSi historic maps. It is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 and appears to be a mound. A ‘relic’ road (orientated N-S) visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 is located 60m to W. The relic road appears to be part of an historic road (LI032-037----) that extends N along the E side of Lough Gur.
The earthwork (ext. diam. c. 13m) was identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 140: AP 4/3641). The earthworks are visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016 and 28/06/2018. O’Kelly (1942-3, 180) referred to a series of standing stones which marked the route of an ancient road which ran 'from Lough Gur Cross (LI032-061----) to the N barony boundary’.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 140 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload:

References

O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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