Barrow - ring-barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

One of a complex of 12 monuments (LI032-073001-/013-). Listed by O'Kelly as monuments No. 4 & 5 and described in 1943 as following; 'These are the second pair of small forts. They are much better preserved than Nos. I and 2, and consist of continuous banks surrounded by well denned fosses. The banks are 2' [0.6m] to 3' [0.9m] high, and the overall diameters of both are 60' [18m]. A trench runs as described from the corner of rectangle No. 3 and joins into the fosse of No. 4 on the south-west side. From the fosse of No. 4 on the north-east side, a similar trench runs out and joins the fosse of No. 5 on the north-west side. The rectangle is 141' [43m] from No. 4 and No. 4 is 84' [26m] from No. 5 and all three are in a straight line running north and south. As the banks of Nos. 4 and 5 are continuous, these might be looked upon as ring-barrows. Their centres are level with the field outside. All these monuments, except Nos. 1 to 5 inclusive, are situated in a low-land marsh. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12 are not marked on the OS Maps' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 181-2). The outline of the monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 27 February 2020

See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 351/20 taken 05/01/2003.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

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.