Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (smallcounty By., Hospital Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.50208, -8.45043
- SMR number
- LI032-098----
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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
Mound-barrow described in 1943 as following; This monument consists of a, circular mound which does not seem to have had a fosse (Fig. 11). There is no bank either on the platform or ground the mound. The maximum height of the platform is 7' [2m] and the overall diameter is 120' [36.5m]. It is situate on the bank of the Ballynamona River and during drainage operations on this, part of the mound on the south side has been cut away. The land around it is marshy. The barrow is in the north-east quadrant of the platform. It consists of very low mound surrounded by a fosse. Its overall diameter is 30' [9m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 178-9).
See attached profile of monument taken from O'Kelly 1942-3, Fig. 11
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 February 2020
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.
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