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Barrow - ring-barrow

Cahercorney, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Cahercorney
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52750, -8.48995
SMR number
LI032-073006-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

One of a complex of 12 monuments (LI032-073001-/013-). Listed by O'Kelly as monument No. 7 and described in 1943 as following; 'This is a small barrow. Its centre is 3' 6" [1m] high over the bottom of the fosse which is continuous around it. The overall diameter is 24' [7.3m]. 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). Outline of barrow is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-11. The monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs taken 2011-13.

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 13 November 2020

See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 349/11and 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.

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

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