Barrow - unclassified

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

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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.